Nursery World - It’s all a bit of a muddle

Do parents stand a chance of doing the right thing for their children when Government and business seem intent on ruining their future?

It’s confusing being a parent. You’re constantly subject to a myriad of opinions about what you should and shouldn’t allow your children to do. The overbearing weight of being responsible in the face of the huge engine of big business seems to undermine good intentions at every step, and the people who should be watching your back (such as your representatives in Parliament) really aren’t doing a lot to help.

This was all brought home to me reading the apparently conflicting advice on screen time. What appears startlingly absent in the recommendation to forbid screens at the dinner table (for those who eat at a table) and limit time to a two-hour maximum is what should children do instead? The difficulty is rarely giving something up, but finding something to replace it with.

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