With many children having to do school work from home again, managing screen time can be a bit of a nightmare. It may be that your child is having to spend almost of the day in front of a screen, sat watching it or working on it. This is not ideal but makes it possible for their education to still continue whilst they are off school.

If you have a child that enjoys playing on a tablet or games console such as an Xbox or PS5 then you will probably find that after a hard days schoolwork all they want to do is play on their device. This means yet again more screen time but you may feel it’s unfair to say to them they are not allowed when they have worked so hard during the day.

Many schools are using different online applications to send the work home but that doesn’t mean that all the work has to be done online. It may be possible to print off a few of the worksheets or to hand write out some of the answers as that will give the child a little bit of time away from the screen.