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My main point of the parent must play an ACTIVE role. No one said be a helicopter parent or do not outsource. The fact you knee jerk to thinking this and immedi
by georgeplusplus 3y ago
My main point of the parent must play an ACTIVE role. No one said be a helicopter parent or do not outsource. The fact you knee jerk to thinking this and immediately reaching for the downvote button is really weird.
I know plenty of parents who give a smart phone with complete control to the teen on what app or content they can see, and are shocked to find out to where on the internet they find their kid. Parents need to take some accountability for what their kids do. Shocking right?
- tsimionescu 3y agoSo how do you protect your kid on the internet if popular social media sites don't flag or moderate away pornography or animal torture or the like? The only possible option I see is to become a helicopter parent. I should note on the other hand that I don't understand why pornography is such a proeminent issue in these discussions. As a teenager, I definitely consumed porn (as I suspect the vast majority have) and no damage has come to me.
- georgeplusplus 3y ago>>> I should note on the other hand that I don't understand why pornography is such a proeminent issue in these discussions. As a teenager, I definitely consumed porn (as I suspect the vast majority have) and no damage has come to me. There are reddit groups above 1 million members who feel porn has interrupted their life and incubated as an addiction because of early and excessive teenage use. The field is not studied well but there are certainly many many others that feel different than what you wrote, me included. >>> The only possible option I see is to become a helicopter parent. I dunno I think the main issue is you see this as a black and white issue. No good discussion can come when you always see the different side as the most extreme option.