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For younger children, I would accept this as a reasonable argument. For older children, I disagree with the premise that minors are generally not allowed in "a

For younger children, I would accept this as a reasonable argument. For older children, I disagree with the premise that minors are generally not allowed in "adult" spaces. You might have to be 18 or even 21 to enter a bar or strip club or whatever, but in high school you might well be going to a job, a university class, mall, etc. All of which are "adult" spaces open to basically anyone, where you could meet anyone and talk about anything. And in fact, back when it was more common for kids to hang out at places like the mall, there was a lot more talk/hysteria of IRL "stranger danger" in those places. Even at younger ages you have public libraries, parks, etc.--and in a functioning city, you'd be walking/biking to school, encountering all sorts of people on the street.

Manu40 4y ago
This is a fair argument, but I would like to counter it by saying that it should be reasonably understood that at that point we are talking about teenagers. Teenagers who hate being called children, treated like children, so on and so forth. Also, until they reach the age of like... 17 and 18 (?) I believe they need parents permission to be able to work in such places anyways. Or at least I needed my parental guardian to sign off on me working my first job at 15. Of which was not some pub/bar, but was instead a burger flipping joint much like MacDonalds. I realize that there is no one trick catch all solution here. But we need to start somewhere. And preferably that place we start would be somewhere that doesn't infringe upon the privacy and rights of law abiding citizens. Or at the very least not being treated as guilty without having proven lack of innocence.