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Canton, Ga. – – – America’s students should lay down their phones and Read a book Or to hug other activities, instead, the second Lady Usha Vance asked this week when she shared a personal revelation of “eye openings” about “like literacy in the United States”.
She decided as her summer initiative Reading, she told Fox News Digital after being inspired by the interest of her middle child to watch his older brother.
“He wanted to read and he wanted me to bring him reading,” she said in an interview.
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“It brought me a rabbit hole to understand how to teach reading … and it was really a eye opening,” she added. You and her husband, Vice President JD VanceHave three children.
In the Cherokee Classical Academy in Canton, Georgia, the second lady encouraged the students to lay down Your electronic devices And instead get involved with a book. (See the video above in this article.)
The second Lady Usha Vance reads to children of the Cherokee Classical Academy in Canton, Georgia on August 21, 2025. (Official photo of the White House by Harrison Koeppel)
“It is wonderful to record things that are only a little harder and that you only have to concentrate a little more … Later you can concentrate on what is really important,” she said.
“I think it’s a pretty difficult time for many people at the moment because we all have them iPhones and iPads – All of these things that attract their attention, “she added.
“We all have these iPhones and iPads – all of these things that attract their attention.”
Her comments came during her latest event in her Summer Reading Challenge 2025. The Cherokee Classical Academy is a “low-tech learning environment”, which strictly does not enforce cell phones during the Directive, said a school officer Fox News Digital.
In May, governor Brian Kemp from Georgia signed the distribution -free education law into the law, which the use of telephones and the use of telephones and prohibitions Electronic devices – including smartwatches, tablets, laptops and headphones – after numerous sources from the school premises.
The law that will be effective in July 2026 School days – From the first bell to discharge.
“I think it’s wonderful to record things that are only a little more difficult and that they only concentrate a little more,” said the second lady, “Later they can concentrate on what is really important.” (Official photo of the White House by Harrison Koeppel)
According to his measures, Georgia joined other countries – now a total of 20 – who have passed A mobile phone ban on school dayWhile a number of other states ban use during class and lesson.
Many states recommend or Schools need and/or districts to determine their own tailor -made guidelines according to several reports.
“Build strength or skill”
The second lady visited three different classrooms this week and looked at lessons for writing and mathematics. She greeted dozens of students on the way.
Reading is a way to “counteract the time to spend children for electronic devices,” she said reporters.
“Whether that goes out Time outsideRegardless of whether this is based on the type of activities in which you simply cannot be distracted – you really have to commit yourself to build up strength or skill or whatever it may be. “
The second Lady Usha Vance will be shown on Thursday with a school officer during her Summer Reading Challenge event 2025 in Canton, Georgia. (Ashley J. Dimella/Fox News Digital)
22 percent of the teachers believe that mobile phones have had a negative impact on the mental health of their students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
The President of the American Medical Association, Bobby Mukkamala, MD, told Fox News Digital that the parents should consciously and supervise their children’s screen time.
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“Too much screen time for young people can be able to bother healthy sleepIncrease the risk of anxiety and depression and reduce physical activity. “
Mukkamala said it is important that children take “deliberate breaks of screens” by creating routines that share reading as an example.
Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance and her three children pose on April 23, 2025 during a tour in the Taj Mahal in Agra. (Kenny Holston/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Ms. Vance shared this Your family Feel free to spend time outdoors – and she likes to build things.
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“I built my children an entire kitchen of cardboard boxes and recycled materials. I am currently building a doll’s house for them,” she said.
The doll’s house will be similar to your own home, she said.
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The second lady 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, This started in June, encouraged America’s school children to read books all summer, to pursue their progress and use the advantages of reading.
