Malin Sjöstrand, Scriin:

The idea of Scriin came up during the spring 2017 when I had a lot of conflicts with my 11-year-old son Joel.

Joel is a very social boy with a lot of friends. He likes physical activities like fishing, tennis, football and trampoline. But he also likes computer games. The game Overwatch is very popular among his friends. Joel plays online, participates in different teams and interacts with his team mates. It is a fun and social activity - but a physical disaster. He can sit in his gaming chair for hours.

I wanted to find a way of limiting his screen time - the hours with Overwatch, and Youtube - and inspire him to do more physical activities. But it was really hard...

I begun to not recognise my Joel anymore. It felt like everyday started with a conflict about screen time. I tried to explain the importance of physical activity and come up with ideas of what we could do. But I couldn't really get thorough to him. When I finally took away his mobile or locked the door to the gaming room Joel became frustrated and apathetic. He just laid in the sofa and couldn’t find anything else to do. He was just waiting for the next opportunity to get access to a screen.