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I don't think it's hard at all. My kids go to daycare, and they really aren't supervised that much. A class for older, pre k kids will have one or two teachers and 30 kids. They do activities and stuff, but the kids area on their own to a surprising degree. I was surprised at least. The adults basically just keep them from hurting each other (mostly).

At home we don't get involved much with discipline except to enforce no hitting, no name calling, and sharing. Otherwise we let them play on their own. We don't allow much screen time, usually 20 minutes before bed on week nights, and about an hour total on the weekend days. At 5 and 3.5 they're not quite old enough to roam by themselves, and I am very self conscious about letting them out in the yard unsupervised.

My wifes upbringing was a lot more strict/structured than mine, I get the feeling I'm a lot more permissive than she would be with language and manners. I grew up in a rural area (farm kid) and my parents were very hands off.