AD | Collaborative post Half-term rolls around, the weather turns, and within about twenty minutes someone has asked for a screen. It’s not a parenting failure, it just happens, especially on the third rainy afternoon in a row when everyone’s patience is thinner than the biscuit tin. The usual answer is a stricter rule about how many hours are allowed, and the usual result is a negotiation nobody wins. What actually breaks the cycle in our house isn’t a rule, it’s giving everyone something to make. If you turn a photo into a paint by numbers
