Tips for online monitoring of children

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced children worldwide to stay at home and take online lectures. Since children have little self discipline and lectures are usually boring compared to other things the kids could do on their computer (e.g. watching videos, playing games), parents need to monitor them.

My 8 year old uses a Windows 10 computer. He has two accounts, one for school and one for playing games. I use Microsoft Family to block games on his school account and limit his time on his gaming account. When I am at home, I use Google Hangouts for real time monitoring of his activity on his school account because he tends to slack off or watch movies. He shares his screen with me so that I can see what he is doing. Since he likes to be loud, I am usually in another room. But he is scared to be alone, so seeing me on his screen has he additional benefit of calming him down.