Parents anxious as 11 million school children come home for holidays

Parents are anxious as children are home for holidays to interact with the largest number of digital devices than ever before.

Two years ago health experts warned that children spending too much time behind television and computers were likely to be obese compared to those playing ‘hide and seek or catch’ out there. Since then latest data from Google’s Consumer Barometer shows the number of digital screens at home has grown dramatically to include cheap smartphones, play stations, iPads, iPhones, tablets, smart TVs you name them.