My kids are five and nearly eight. Five year old has her own iPad Mini that's a hand me down with YouTube Kids on it and some kids apps. We've recently let her

My kids are five and nearly eight. Five year old has her own iPad Mini that's a hand me down with YouTube Kids on it and some kids apps. We've recently let her on a much less locked down profile for YouTube. She also enjoys watching kids TV on Netflix and our Icelandic watch-on-demand service. Eight year old uses our computers and has recently got a phone which was a hand me down from me. Phone is completely locked down so she just has some games and can send SMSs to us and her friends. She mostly takes pictures though. Computer wise she mostly watches a selection of gaming YouTubers, mostly Minecraft and Roblox related. I also play a lot of Roblox and Minecraft with her. Recently shes started playing Roblox with her friends as well. She's also now addicted to Forza Horizon 5 which is excellent. Neither of them does any of this without casual supervision and we've not had any real moments of concern. We don't strictly limit their time on devices but do make sure we're doing a lot of other activities. My own take is it's better to give them more freedom but be there to guide, answer questions and if necessary step in.