Posted on 05/14/2023 7:24:58 PM PDT by grundle
While other students on the bus were engrossed with their devices, Dillon Reeves noticed the driver in distress and guided bus to safety
Dillon Reeves’s parents refused to provide him with a cellphone. Photograph: AP
A Michigan boy who recently stopped a school bus from crashing after the driver lost consciousness leapt into action because he was the only passenger not distracted by an electronic device, according to a new report from CBS.
On Sunday, two weeks after seventh-grader Dillon Reeves regained control of a school bus when its driver became unconscious, the network reported that the boy’s parents’ refusal to provide him a cellphone paid off in a big way.
Dillon’s father, Steve, told CBS: “What else are you going to do when you don’t have a phone? You’re going to look at people, you’re going to notice stuff. You’re going to look out the window. It’s a very powerful lesson, maybe a change-the-world kind of lesson.”
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Wonderful story. God bless his parents for having good sense and doing a good job giving him values.
Yes, indeed.
Dam right.
Cell phone use has caused American kids to not develop conversational skills, to be overweight and to turn inward.
On the other hand, they have really strong thumbs.
It’s a bit ironic, the young man yells out to his classmates, “Someone call 911”.
They have multiple thumbs on one hand?
Neighbor kid is a case in point. Needs knee replacement at 17.
You made me laugh.
Is your neighbor kid fat?
Yeah. Huge, fat, and indolent.
hope to live the rest of my life without ever buying a cell phone-
One would wish......
but we all know better.
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