At the risk of sounding old fashioned, I often find that the toys and games I used to enjoy in my childhood are overlooked by my children, I used to have hours of fun with felt farms or a spirograph and I think the most hi tech toy I had was my beloved Furby.

These days children have tablets which have hundreds of games, videos, books and other popular apps like Netflix and YouTube.

I do err on the side of caution and had my son’s tablet set up in a child friendly mode; however this does not stop from him seeing adverts or being able to make in app purchases. He spends far to much time on his tablet playing Minecraft which has no academic aspect to it what so ever.

So you can imagine my excitement when I was contacted about a completely child friendly tablet,  with a bumper case to protect from the inevitable drops and a cute carry case.

Of course, I had to set it up, so was this to be a stumbling block. Not at all,  all I had to do was enter my email address and my WiFi password and I  I was able to limit the amount of time my daughter was able to play on the tablet.  I could also download some games and books for her which are without adverts. Everything that i could download was completely child friendly and there was no way she could see inappropriate content.

With the books, some have the audio option, which she enjoyed during a car trip. She was happy to listen and not look at the screen.

Another bonus is the icons and wallpapers; there are several different character options available when buying your pebble gear:Frozen 2, Cars, Toy Story or Mickey & Friends – which is what we received.

I wish I had known about these sooner as I would have bought one for my son for Christmas rather than the tablet that we did get him. I can not recommend them enough.

For more information: https://uk.pebble-gear.com/