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> Responsible parents monitor and control the information their kids can access--websites, movies, music, etc. Responsible parents teach their children to eval
by chmod775 4y ago
> Responsible parents monitor and control the information their kids can access--websites, movies, music, etc.
Responsible parents teach their children to evaluate whatever they may encounter.
Controlling and monitoring neither helps them deal with the real world once they are unsupervised, nor does it work.
- cle 4y agoTheir ability to deal with the real world develops over time, gradually. Some mature topics just can't be evaluated (yet) by immature children, who lack a sense of self identity, sexuality, etc. to fully understand what they're trying to evaluate. Parents should monitor the challenges presented to their children, ensure that the challenges are level-appropriate, and provide feedback to their kids to help them develop the mental frameworks they need to deal with the real world and its complex decisions. This is an iterative, gradual process.