There’s been plenty of bad news regarding federal legislation in 2023. For starters, Congress has failed to pass meaningful comprehensive data privacy reforms. Instead, legislators have spent an enormous amount of energy pushing dangerous legislation that’s intended to limit young people’s use of...
Imagine if we applied that to the real world, the idea that every single place has to be safe for unattended children to visit and not get hurt in any way, physically or mentally.
I mean we don’t usually allow children to walk around by themselves. They need guidance and mentoring. Its no different online.
Giving your kid tech is like giving them the keys to the liquor cabinet because its a constant stream of dopamine on a young brain that hasn’t developed yet.
I dont know where you’re from, but letting kids walk around by themselves is absolutely normal. And important for them. Usually you just tell them to be home before the sun sets.
Usually with online censorship it is also not just about real harm but any harm some major group believes will harm the children even if there is research or at least evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile they usually ignore any harm done by de-anonymizing the users or the potential for censorship of materials of different kinds once the mechanisms are in place.
Honestly this is the right answer. I know its hard for some parents who work but letting you kids brain rot on all of these various platforms is not an answer.
That’s censorship. You dont try to treat STDs in kids by telling them not to have sex; that doesn’t work. Instead you teach kids the risks and how to mitigate those risks
Maybe parents should treat it like the real world and not leave their kids unnatended in it? It’s literally full of malicious people and scams
Imagine if we applied that to the real world, the idea that every single place has to be safe for unattended children to visit and not get hurt in any way, physically or mentally.
I mean we don’t usually allow children to walk around by themselves. They need guidance and mentoring. Its no different online.
Giving your kid tech is like giving them the keys to the liquor cabinet because its a constant stream of dopamine on a young brain that hasn’t developed yet.
I dont know where you’re from, but letting kids walk around by themselves is absolutely normal. And important for them. Usually you just tell them to be home before the sun sets.
Polar circle kids hate this one fact.
Polar bears love it.
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Usually with online censorship it is also not just about real harm but any harm some major group believes will harm the children even if there is research or at least evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile they usually ignore any harm done by de-anonymizing the users or the potential for censorship of materials of different kinds once the mechanisms are in place.
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Honestly this is the right answer. I know its hard for some parents who work but letting you kids brain rot on all of these various platforms is not an answer.
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Yeah they should also know the internet isn’t a dump truck and just say no to drugs
I would prefer if they didn’t get drug offers online. Same goes for a bunch of other behavior.
Exactly.
It’s not the world’s job to parent your kids, people.
That’s censorship. You dont try to treat STDs in kids by telling them not to have sex; that doesn’t work. Instead you teach kids the risks and how to mitigate those risks