Like many parents, I work hard to limit my child’s screen time . I’ve read enough about how screen time affects brain development to worry about it, and regularly suffer complaints, bad moods and even tantrums when my daughter can’t handle the fact a screen session is ending.

I feel that boundaries on screens are vital, but increasingly hard to manage. We had a device-free holiday this summer, which led to our daughter reading twice as many books as usual and taking the dog for walks on her own. I force myself to regularly leave my phone at home when we go out; I watch her – not my phone – when I’m at her swimming class.

So when Percy has come home with homework, I’ve so far tended to avoid it – because it generally means logging onto a poorly designed app. Working on a screen when i

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