Most parents just give in to what their kids want because they don't want to be bothered with having to deal with the tantrums. Nowadays, parents give very young kids phones, tablets, laptops, PCs because they don't want to be the one who will have to stay with them and play with them or do stuff with them. It's sad that this is seen as normal and it also makes you a "cool" parent. Bonus points if you give them the latest models. And you have some people even defending this kind of practice by saying your kids will get left behind if they don't have access to these gadgets at a young age (and the OP was talking about 6-10-year-old kids.) No wonder kids nowadays feel entitled.