Listen, screens are not the enemy. They can be a lifeline. The trick is to make it feel like a planned treat, not a desperate surrender. Schedule a family movie afternoon with popcorn and duvets on the sofa.
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Or, get them to watch something mildly educational—a David Attenborough documentary is basically nature’s sedative. My kids once watched penguins for three hours, and I folded a mountain of laundry in near-total silence. That was a half-term miracle.
