Time on Screen

Make it easy on yourself 

And they won’t think you’re mean.

Let the grandkids, home from school,

Indulge in time on screen.

In their younger days they’d love 

To cuddle up and read 

Or play or build or run around -

We’d gladly fill that need.

But now they’re old enough to want

To research or compete 

By using tablets or a Switch

To make their day complete.

Like other grown-ups in their lives,

Allow them, quite excited,

To slip into their worlds on screen,

To which we’re not invited.