Over a quarter of British children under eight years old - around 2.1 million kids - now have tablets, according to new research from uSwitch.com. And children in Britain really are early adopters, with nearly 4 million UK techy tots first mastering touchscreen tablets and smartphones aged three years or younger.
More than one in ten (11%) tablet users were under the age of two.
At least eight in ten parents (84%) splashed out on tech for their kids in 2013, spending £462 each on average, or £5.6 billion collectively. The majority of that spend - £3.2 billion - was on gadgets for Christmas alone.
If you think that's generous, over a third (36%) of mums and dads expect to spend more on gadgets for their children in 2014. Just a quarter (25%) reckon they spent too much on gadgets for their kids last year. Children are most likely to own games consoles - more than nine in ten (91%) parents say that their kids own at least one.
