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Not really. Kids are not adults. They’re two separate categories of people. Maybe OP drinks alcohol but they don’t let their kids drink it. Maybe they own fir
by booleandilemma 5y ago
Not really. Kids are not adults. They’re two separate categories of people.
Maybe OP drinks alcohol but they don’t let their kids drink it.
Maybe they own firearms but they don’t let their kids wield them.
Maybe they watch movies with violence and gore but they don’t want their kids watching them.
etc.
There is a double standard, and there should be, imo.
- numpad0 5y agoActually from biological standpoint there are no clear lines between kids and adults. That distinction is post-industrial revolution cultural one.
- booleandilemma 5y agoI’m not a biologist, but isn’t puberty still a thing?
- jkinudsjknds 5y agoTwo groups can be very different without a clear line delineating them.
- coddle-hark 5y agoThere are no clear lines between summer and winter but sandals stop being appropriate footwear at some point nevertheless.
- PoignardAzur 5y agoOkay, but the potential harm / average good of internet access is orders of magnitude away from that of a firearm. As a teenager, I would have loathed being restricted from the internet the way the above poster describes restricting their autistic teenager's. (in fact, on one occasion my mother did restrict my computer access because I wouldn't go to the guitar lessons she paid for me anymore, I did absolutely loathe it, and I still consider that mildly abusive)