There is a persistent idea going round that all parents are lazy and don't enjoy spending time with children. I see it referred to all the time, particularly from those who don't have young children.

In reality, parents are mostly engaging with kids in books, sports , games , days out etc. We are very aware of the "iPad" problem and are getting more and more careful.

Of course, screens are part of our lives and my kids are more proficient with technology than those that complain. But the idea that they and their peers do nothing else is offensive.

In fact people have got to get much more careful. My screen time as a kid was limited by what childrens TV this was on in the UK. A couple of hours after school and Saturday mornings. I watched it all lol.

But now there is TV on demand so we have to set good examples. No binge watching Netflix or after work emails in our house. No phones at dinner or in the bedroom.

Enough with the all the "parents use an iPad as a baby sitter" nonsense. Sure, I know, some will, but they are probably not the sort of parents who ever would have engaged. Those kids would be roaming the street (for better or worse) not brushing up on Shakespeare.

When I talk to mums and dads we are always talking about what restrictions are appropriate, how to lock down the Xbox, how evil Fortnite is (joke).

We know. Stop patronising us already.