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How to set up a good study table — for parents, not students
Lighting, books within reach, no phone, no chair that lets you slouch.
Mr. Deepak K. Modi · 20 February 2026 · 3 min read
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We are asked about study tables more often than syllabi.
The right setup is unglamorous. A desk wide enough for two open textbooks. A chair with a back that lets the student sit up. A lamp on the left for right-handers (right side for left-handers). The phone, ideally, in a different room.
The single biggest improvement a parent can make: remove the phone from the desk. Everything else is downstream of that.
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