Children and technology – love it or hate it, smart devices are in your children’s lives and they’re here to stay.

Offering many great opportunities for more engaged learning, technology can help a child’s progression in subjects that traditionally have had a reputation for struggling to engross pupils, such as math or physics.

However, technology has another shameful perk. Although we hate to admit it, smart devices also act as a digital babysitter, keeping our children temporarily occupied and quiet.

Parenting is tough – just getting a free hour to prepare dinner can feel often feel near impossible. The lure of just popping a tablet in your child’s hands is understandably tempting.

But is something that so easily pacifies a child too good to be true?

With 5-16-year-olds now spending an average of over 6 hours a day looking at a screen, worrying patterns are starting to emerge between children and technology.