Adam, I have a couple thoughts that might contradict one another. First, I agree wholeheartedly that parent partnership always makes for a better educational outcome. The more continuity between home and school there is, the more the child benefits from things like the affective response to what is learned as well as from support of training in habits. That being said, I do think that even if the child has more (and potentially significantly more) scree time at home than is on offer at school, the classical approach remains pretty effective. The way I see it, when the direct instructional environment is by and large free from screens and devices, at least a significant amount of the day (and perhaps the most productive part of the day) is screen-free. At home, where the parents take a more prominent role in the discipleship of the child, perhaps there’s more scope for the child to be shaped in affections and habits despite a greater intake of media. On the whole, my preference is always for limited screen time, but like you point out, a perspective like Tech-Wise Family (which I highly recommend) helps to set up a philosophy of media, and not simply methods for limitations. A final point is that parents (and schools for that matter) should devote time and attention to equipping students as to how to approach devices and screen time. Otherwise, we might be delaying the inevitable onslaught of technology’s captivating glow.

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