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I get where you’re coming from but self control is an important thing to teach children. If your version of self control is fully disconnecting, I understand t
by willio58 8y ago
I get where you’re coming from but self control is an important thing to teach children.
If your version of self control is fully disconnecting, I understand that but it doesn’t mean you should feel sorry for kids that have access to Netflix.
(Speaking as a 21 year old who spent a number of years of my childhood watching Netflix with my family)
- cncrnd 8y agoI'm also in my early 20's. I think children are by nature more impulsive, and if they have access to Netflix at a young age without enough parental restrictions they might start down a bad path. When they're older it's easier to contain. That's part of the reason for age restrictions on drugs/alcohol. Some drugs aren't all that different from dopamine inducing digital stimuli. The prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for self control, isn't fully developed until age 25.
- krageon 8y agoThe age restrictions on drugs (alcohol is also a drug) are because of researched and profound effects on developing brains. It has very little to do with undeveloped self-control (although that is definitely a thing). The difference in effects on dopamine between drugs and anything that isn't a drug is also profound, mainly because drugs will make things happen that simply cannot happen normally. I don't at all agree with your "children should not be exposed to things they might want" premise, but that is a discussion for another day.