A phone can be a learning device or a distraction machine. The difference is the rule you set before the session starts.
Smaller phones make reading questions harder and switching apps easier. If a phone is the only option, use landscape, increase text size, and sit nearby for the first week.
Shared devices should switch learner profiles, not share one identity.
Session time is learning time. After the session, the usual family screen agreement applies. Mixing the two — “just one game if you finish” — often backfires.
Parents modelling the same rule (no email during the hour) is more persuasive than a lecture.
Reading about homeschooling helps. A session on your child’s actual subjects helps more.
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