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If it’s at a school, I can get the school involved. If it was at the library, I can sue the library for not implementing the legally mandatory internet filters

If it’s at a school, I can get the school involved. If it was at the library, I can sue the library for not implementing the legally mandatory internet filters. If it was another adult, I can slap him with a misdemeanor, at a minimum, for exposing pornography to children. If it was a childhood friend, I can stop allowing my child to visit that friend. But it’s my own “personal insecurity” if I don’t do something about my own home. By that logic what is the point of Speed Limits on Highways? “Unless a law is 100% effective it is pointless” is not a stance you would apply anywhere else.

smoldesu 3y ago
> But it’s my own “personal insecurity” if I don’t do something about my own home. Yes. You could address this healthily. You could sit down and talk to your child about the scary websites and give them a primer on stranger danger and the like. My parents did the same thing before I turned 10. Instead you're prolonging the last vestiges of their innocence and making them less-aware as a result. By making unknown things a reward for them, how do you think they will react in the future? It's your choice, at the end of the day. Maybe I was just raised wrong or something, but I think you're doing more harm than good.
- _gabe_ 3y ago
  > Instead you're prolonging the last vestiges of their innocence and making them less-aware as a result. By making unknown things a reward for them, how do you think they will react in the future? My parents had parental controls on everything as I grew up. We played on Nintendo systems since they're mostly family friendly. We had "dumb" phones until I was able to buy my own smart phone. My "innocence" wasn't prolonged as a result and I also wasn't a "less aware" child. Instead, I went outside and played with friends in the real world. I'm very appreciative that my parents limited screen time and blocked pornography on all our devices. It didn't work 100% effectively, but the 99% effectiveness definitely impacted how I grew up in a positive way. If you weren't raised this way, maybe it's not a great idea to assume this method causes more harm than good? My experience is definitely anecdotal, but I'm sure that it's not an isolated experience.

smoldesu 3y ago

> But it’s my own “personal insecurity” if I don’t do something about my own home. Yes. You could address this healthily. You could sit down and talk to your child about the scary websites and give them a primer on stranger danger and the like. My parents did the same thing before I turned 10. Instead you're prolonging the last vestiges of their innocence and making them less-aware as a result. By making unknown things a reward for them, how do you think they will react in the future? It's your choice, at the end of the day. Maybe I was just raised wrong or something, but I think you're doing more harm than good.

_gabe_ 3y ago
> Instead you're prolonging the last vestiges of their innocence and making them less-aware as a result. By making unknown things a reward for them, how do you think they will react in the future? My parents had parental controls on everything as I grew up. We played on Nintendo systems since they're mostly family friendly. We had "dumb" phones until I was able to buy my own smart phone. My "innocence" wasn't prolonged as a result and I also wasn't a "less aware" child. Instead, I went outside and played with friends in the real world. I'm very appreciative that my parents limited screen time and blocked pornography on all our devices. It didn't work 100% effectively, but the 99% effectiveness definitely impacted how I grew up in a positive way. If you weren't raised this way, maybe it's not a great idea to assume this method causes more harm than good? My experience is definitely anecdotal, but I'm sure that it's not an isolated experience.