Should parents be banned from using mobile phones at playcentres?
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Should parents be banned from using mobile phones at playcentres?
A children's indoor playcentre group has announced that it will be trying out a mobile phone ban for parents during February half-term.
Total Ninja in Greater Manchester, is one of 20 Adventure Leisure centres that will launch an "official no phone zone" policy from 16 -22 February.
Members from Total Ninja have said they will be on "Phone Patrol" for the week - encouraging families to "keep the phone away" and "concentrate on time together".
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Company operations chief Stephen Brown did say that parents "Phones will absolutely not be confiscated.
"There may be very valid reasons. They might be medical. They might be carers. They might have people relying on them outside of our venue.
"If they need to keep their phone for that, of course, we're never going to stand in the way of that."
Instead, parents will be encouraged to put their phones away and "enjoy making memories and spending that quality time".
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