When touchscreens first appeared on tablets and smartphones the easier to use interface enabled very young children up to 5 years old to access digital technologies. This provoked a mixed reaction. Some commentators were enthusiastic about children learning digital skills and benefiting from the digital world at a younger age. Others feared this development was a threat to childhood, especially in the light of official advice to parents to limit young children’s screen time. This seminar reports on a three year Australian-UK project interviewing parents, grandparents and pre-school staff about their evaluations of young children’s new experiences of the digital world and their own role in managing that process.