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Ban all gadgets

Their social experiment began six years ago when the couple noticed how one of their children was 'less grumpy' when he wasn't allowed to play computer games.

It is most children’s idea of living hell - a home where computers, games consoles, television and even mobile phones are banned. Instead of spending hours in front of a screen, the six children in the Jones family have to fill their spare time by working, reading books, playing and - remarkably - actually talking to people.

Yet somehow they’ve managed to cope.

According to parents Miranda and Richard Jones, both 42, the gadget-free lifestyle change has been a success that has benefited the whole family. Their social experiment began six years ago when the couple noticed how one of their children was ‘less grumpy’ when he wasn’t allowed to play computer games.

Mrs Jones said: ‘We would go to the seaside and I felt like they were just waiting to get home so they could go and play a computer game. We would have dinner and I felt like it was something they had to do between playing their games.’

So, to the astonishment of friends, the parents gradually instigated a technology ban for all the children.

Read more at the Daily Mail