Limit screen time for better child development, charity warns

Many UK parents find it easier to get their children to do homework, go to bed or have a bath than turn off their phones, laptops and TVs, a poll finds.

A survey for the charity Action for Children found almost one in four mothers and fathers (23.1%) struggle to control their children's screen use.

Action for Children's Chief Executive Sir Tony Hawkhead says that there needs to be a better balance between family time and using TV, computers and mobile devices.