How will children keep learning and stay in touch? Easy: with video games

Don't fret about your kids overdoing it in front of the TV. Games will offer comfort and variety during the coronavirus crisis

As with millions of other parents around the world, when our two sons get home from school this afternoon, we have no idea when they'll be going back. Their schools have been hastily scrabbling together remote learning plans, but things are going to be chaotic and unstructured and that's something we'll all have to learn to deal with. What I know for certain is that my boys will have one thing on their mind: video games.

What they're picturing (and I can almost see the thought bubbles above their heads when we talk to them about the school closure) is three months in front of the TV playing Apex Legends. You may be in a similar situation in your household, and you may already be feeling guilty about the amount of time your children will end up spending in front of screens simply because you have work to do and their options are limited.