Screen time at school

This is so tough! We’re in a similar situation, not with nursery using screens but we’ve gotten them tablets literally Just for the airplane as we’re heading to Cyprus tomorrow and the last couple times we’ve flown have been horrendous. We let them have half an hour to get used to them the other night and omg. They were so bad at navigating it/ basically unable to use them, and my first’s behavior was Awful that night. So like, all their friends going into school and having to use these types of things will be used to it, but is it worth the potential detriment to their development??

My personal opinion, we’re going to hold off as long as possible. If they’re using it as a tool at school, fine, but we’ll stick to books at home for the time being.

Honestly, depending on the amount of time they're expecting I would go with it. I know all the info about screens is concerning and I also keep things to an absolute minimum. However I think it's ok to introduce screens as a support to learning and the reality is that in the world they are growing up in they do need to be tech literate so assuming they're not asking for loads of time a day I would be ok with this. I assume it's a way to get all the children reading the same thing without the school or parents having to buy a tonne of books. If concerned I'd consider a compromise where you buy some of the material if that's an option. I'm sure you're not the only parent with concerns about this so I'd talk to the school as they've probably got some solutions themselves!

Could you use a tablet as opposed to a laptop so there’s less distraction and it would be more like an e-reader?
Or if the task is just to read a particular book you could borrow the book from the library and read the physical copy instead