How to manage screen time when your child has a school-issued digital device

Dariana Florescu

Experts suggested demarcating tech-free zones in the home, showing children that entertainment does not only come from a device and discussing what your teens are consuming online. Despite working in the tech industry, Mr Alfred Siew, 50, is like many other parents – he struggles to control his children’s screen time. The editor of a technology blog, whose children are aged seven and 10, readily admits that they spend more time on digital devices for entertainment than on homework. “At most,