What kind of setup do you run for your children?

At 6? Honestly, I wouldn't (and didn't) provide a setup at all at that age.

NextDNS.io gives you fine grained controls - you can set up a custom profile to apply to her device.

If you're going to run Linux she will enjoy using TuxPaint and playing Tux Racer.

You’re really over complicating things - get them an iPad and a ruggedized case and turn on parental controls.

Later get them a Mac with parental controls.

I just let them use my ubuntu machine, they 50% of what they do is through a browser, so have setup their own profile, and the other 50% is gaming.

My 5 year old has his own iPad. We choose which games he can install, and he uses YouTube kids to watch videos (which we curate).

He plays all sorts of games: Monument Valley, Hello Kitty Adventure Island, What the Car, and more.

He also uses a few “learn to read” apps like Teach Your Monster and Khan Academy Kids.

We generally don’t restrict his hours on it, but also ensure he goes outside daily for walks, playground trips, or to ride his bike. He seems to regulate his usage on his own, he’ll get bored after a while and do something else. When he gets into a game he’ll spend a lot of hours on it, then beat it or lose interest. Some of the games require reading so he will ask me to play with him so I can read things or tell him what to do.

Crayons, paper, some magnatiles.

I'm going to do the same thing when my son is older. 6-yr old is a bit stretch as he is easily addicted to TV so I think computer is definitely another level up. Maybe 7-yr old is better. But I need to do it before his friends introduce pads and phones to him so definitely before 8.

I'm thinking about getting a Rpi box slapped with an old monitor, a keyboard and a mouse. It should go straight into MS-DOS after booting -- from an emulator of course. Then I'll introduce my childhood to him. Not sure if it's the best idea, but at least he can play old MS-DOS games starting from the self-bootable ones like Alley cat.

I'll introduce game programming to him using QBASIC. I probably have to learn it with him as I never learned it when I was young.

I converted my Windows PC to Linux Mint and let my kids play GCompris on there, which is an educational, non-addictive game suite. As of now neither of them know that the internet exists, and my wife and I keep them away from screens as much as possible.

Once the flood breaks and they discover the internet we'll be using NextDNS.

I don’t lock down my kids computer use. I know risks exist, but I think their unrestricted access to computers and the internet is far more beneficial than harmful.

I know I’m highly unusual amongst my friends. I’ve also found it odd that the more knowledgeable someone is about tech, the more scared they are of their kids using the internet.

But just like riding a bike and swimming in a pool are extremely dangerous, yet I encourage my kids to do both of these things and instead just educate them about risks. Similarly, I think the benefit-vs-risk of the internet is FAR better than a bike & pool, so I just educate them.