21/08/2026
🚨 Are we solving the wrong problem?
As the debate around children, screens and schools intensifies, the answer cannot simply be: remove the technology and go back to paper.
A bored student with a laptop is still bored.
A bored student with a textbook is still bored.
The real question isn’t screen vs paper.
It’s passive consumption vs purposeful learning.
Our children are growing up in a world of AI, automation, global collaboration and technologies we haven’t even imagined yet. Preparing them for that future does not mean giving them unlimited screen time. But it doesn’t mean hiding technology from them either.
It means teaching them when to use technology, why to use it, how to question it, and when to put it away.
📚 Books matter.
✍️ Handwriting matters.
🧠 Deep thinking matters.
🤝 Human interaction matters.
💻 Digital literacy matters.
🤖 AI literacy matters.
Great education doesn’t choose between them.
Great education knows when to use each one.
The screen isn’t the problem.
Bad learning is.
The future isn’t SCREEN FREE.
It’s SCREEN SMART.
Do you agree, or should schools be moving back towards books and paper? 👇