[wobbly_bush]

Question - what are your thoughts on giving an old laptop instead of iPad? Probably 5-year olds are too young for laptops, but in general there could be more a child could do for safe entertainment on a laptop than iPad/smartphone (theoretically atleast - with equivalent restrictions on accessing social media etc.).

[tflinton]

Nothing wrong with it I suppose, it's definitely more difficult for them to use but doable. I haven't really had that many issues with locking down an iPad. The settings for it are pretty buried under "Screen Time" but it does allow you to turn off nearly any built-in app on the iPad, restrict content by specific ratings, limit the domains safari is allowed to go to and restrict app installation/upgrades.