I understand why parental controls exist (8 year-olds think that butts are funny, but I really do not want them searching for butts on the internet) but treatin

I understand why parental controls exist (8 year-olds think that butts are funny, but I really do not want them searching for butts on the internet) but treating teenagers like stupid babies is...stupid. We, the people on HN, represent a uniquely tech-savy segment of the population, and can (probably? usually?) say that we're better with software than our kids so we actually COULD put restrictions in place that they wouldn't be able to circumvent. But why? You're going to creating a security battle with your kids. Isn't one possible, logical conclusion that your smart and annoyed teenager who hates you (justly or unjustly) just SWATS you at work? Or finds a way to cancel your internet entirely so NOBODY can search for things? You're going to have plenty of conflicts with your kids already. They're going to think you're stupid and annoying and trying to make their decisions for them based on your stupid old brain that doesn't understand their life. Don't you think it's better to build a relationship of trust where they're willing to listen to you is better than trying to build a relationship where they're FORCED to listen to you in the long term?