Author: AS Dhami

Every parent recognizes the familiar feeling of buying a expensive new toy, watching their child play with it for exactly ten minutes, and then seeing it abandoned in the corner of the room, never to be touched again. Modern parenting presents a unique challenge: children are surrounded by more stimulation than ever before, yet they seem to succumb to boredom faster than any previous generation. The default response for many exhausted parents is to hand over a smartphone or turn on the television, a choice that often results in screen-time guilt and subsequent behavioral tantrums.