The year parents gave up the fight restricting kids’ screen time

Some parents find it extremely challenging to manage their children’s screen time. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO
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SINGAPORE – This was the year more children were glued to devices – some for six to 10 hours a day – and their parents threw in the towel trying to restrict their screen time.

Anne, who declines to use her real name, is one such frustrated parent. Limiting her 10-year-old son’s screen time has been “a losing battle”, driving her to tears, says the educator in her 50s.

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