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How to Balance the workload of Online Schools and too much Screen Time?

No doubt that online high schools or online education has brought tremendous change in the education world, but at the same time one also has to be aware of the pros and cons of it.  It`s true that it has opened channels for the underprivileged, and the home schooled students to educate themselves and get their high school diplomas from the comfort of their homes but at the same time it also has cons to it. The issue of concern here is the management of workload of the online schools and expenditure of time in front of the screen of the children.  Parents are often worried and concerned regarding the number of hours their children put into their studies while using the computer or the laptop. Since the use of electronic gadgets can produce both positive and negative effects, there has to be a wide line drawn betwixt the two. Often children are seen recklessly wasting hours on social networking sites and playing online video games under the pretext of learning or completing their assig