Without guidance of some sort, looking it up can be a challenge because you may not know what to search for and vetting new information for quality is its own p

Without guidance of some sort, looking it up can be a challenge because you may not know what to search for and vetting new information for quality is its own problem too. A child on the internet today has to contend with deliberate science misinformation that tries very hard to look valid and authoritative (flat earthers, antivaxxers). This stuff is also likely to intersect with entertainment venues like YouTube and plant their ideas first where you then have to unteach the nonsense just to begin. Even as a science literate adult, navigating this with my children is hard because it brings difficult topics to the table well ahead of their age appropriate academic abilities traditionally prepare them for (religious motivations, philosophy, logic, history, etc).