I’m worried about the kids who are allergic to latex. These bands are like the walking death for them. I think it’s fine for administrators to ban these. I volunteer at my church’s bible study and I have to tell my kindergarteners to put them away whenever I see them. If one kid has silly bandz the rest of them are all distracted.

I am a librarian at a elementary school. Our school hasn’t banned them yet, but a lot of the teachers are complaining about them. The kids flick them, chew on them, pass them around, etc. I simply tell them if they are off their wrist they are mine. I haven’t had to take any yet, the kids love those things. Oddly enough my own kids attend a school 5 miles away and they have never asked for any.

It seems to me that the bandz should be treated like any other toy at school. If they bring it and they’re playing with it during class, it gets taken away. I’d think that after that happened about two or three times, the kids would either opt to keep them in their bags, on their wrists, or at home. And I actually disagree with your decision to let your daughter sneak them to school. I realize it’s their rule, but it puts the entire burden on them — which didn’t need to happen, since you saw her put them on. I guess I’m projecting into the future. Will you let her go out and break the law — even something as “innocent” as egging someone’s car — knowing the police should just pick her up and she’ll have to deal with the consequences? Anyway, it just kind of seems like letting a kid get away with lying.

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As I teacher I feel the need to respond. Within 3 weeks of school starting our school banned these for many reasons. First and foremost they are a distraction. The kids are playing with them when they should be listening. Their classmates want to see what shapes they have which now means more than one child is distracted than multiply that by how many kids are actually wearing them. Outside of the classroom is another issue. These bands have been used to shoot at others on the playground risking potential harm. They have also been the cause of many conflicts. When one shares with another but not with everyone feelings are hurt which need to be dealt with. With constant budget cuts towards education our main goal is to educate children and keep them safe. We don’t have the means to mediate every little conflict that arises from children wearing these bands. I say Ban the Bandz!

to Mother of Two: once those tax dollars pass over to the teachers in the form of wages they become their own money. What an ignorant comment!

Yes Silly Bandz can be a distraction in the classroom but the threat of confiscation usually does the trick. The problem most likely is happening during non-classroom time (e.g. recess, lunch, before/after school, passing period) which is very hard for our short staffed schools to control as it is but which they remain VERY liable for.

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Mother of Two — I assume you’re talking about the school’s money — money budgeted to the school by the district or state. Unfortunately, schools are too busy using this money to pay teachers, buy books, and install learning software on aging computers to use it on petty things like Silly Bandz.
I teach at the high school level and we have banned lots of things for safety and “good of the population” reasons, like hoodies, backpacks/purses in the classrooms, bandannas, excessively large “bling,” etc. If Silly Bandz are distracting students during instructional time or are risking their safety or well-being (causing fights, resentments, etc.), they should be banned. It’s generally considered bad form to give problem-causing items out as rewards.

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I’m 11 and I’m allergic to them. I can hardly breath in class. I think they should be aginst the law period!