Fig. 1. Answers of parents to the question: “How much time does your child spend with digital devices on weekdays and weekends?”

Fig. 2. Answers of parents of preschool children and primary school children to the question: “Which device is your child’s favourite?”

Fig. 3. Answers of preschoolers’ (5–7 years) parents and answers of primary school children to the question: “What does your child (you) most often do on the Internet? (3 answer options max)"

Fig. 4. Answers of preschoolers’ parents and primary school students to the question: “What problems have you encountered on the Internet over the past year?”

Fig. 5. Comparison of the frequencies of parental mediation strategies for using the Internet (parents of preschool children 5–7 years old and primary school children 8–11 years old, %).

Fig. 6. Types of prohibitions set by parents when children use the Internet (%).

Acknowledgments

The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Department of Humanitarian and Social Sciences) as part of the research project Generation Z: Information and Communication Technologies as a Cultural Tool for the Development of Higher Mental Functions, project 17-06-00762.

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