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everything else has failed. Older siblings often teach the younger ones, but the roles of teacher and apprentice can be interchangeable. Concerning learning,
both children and parents regard the tablet as a“toy”or“entertainment”. In fact, for parents, the tablet is often a“babysitter”or an“SOS”, a strategy to keep
children entertained when they are busy. This means that children play alone for most of the time, and are often exposed to advertising and inappropriate
content on YouTube. Thus, the potential of this tool for learning is largely under-explored or even ignored. Another limitation is the lack of variety of ped‑
agogical content available in the national language. Parents do not feel the need to monitor activities – they monitor time spent playing and occasionally
monitor the game selection – or protecting/explaining about digital risks. Also, parents believe that dialogue is more effective than restrictions.