Having a phone is a privilege that many kids don’t have. Are parents that can’t afford to give their children phones dumb too?
You could say she’s dumb for not making sure her son knows how to get to school but for taking his phone away? No.
We're discussing a parent who has purchased a phone for her child.
Parents who can't afford to give their children phones, can't afford to.
Parents who have purchased phones for their kids only to later take them away as punishment, defeat the entire purpose of purchasing the phone in the first place.
This kid was in the exact situation where having a phone would help and he was forced to seek help from strangers because his mother took the phone away.