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We need to seriously rethink how children’s safety is handled online. The scariest moment in my parenting career is when my eldest daughter turned 13. Suddenly
by pyuser583 3y ago
We need to seriously rethink how children’s safety is handled online.
The scariest moment in my parenting career is when my eldest daughter turned 13. Suddenly all of her kids accounts are grownup accounts.
This happens overnight with no in-between phase.
My main concern isn’t even controlling what she sees as knowing what she sees.
If I could set her browsing history to “non-private, no-delete” I’d be happy as a clam.
- numpad0 3y agoMaybe we are around when time `bool child` can be cast to `int`. 80 years old grandma could use some child-intended protection as well as someone just over 13, 18, 20, 21, against internet malice, there's no reason they have to be cut off from platform mechanisms just because they boolean disqualify.
- pseudosavant 3y agoMy parents never got to see most of the stupid stuff I did and saw as a teenager IRL. That is a natural part of development. Do we expect 100% surveillance of their lives just because it is online? Speaking as a father of boy and girl tweens fwiw.
- chatmasta 3y agoMaybe it would be better to teach her how to handle situations when you can't be watching what she's doing, rather than chasing some ideal surveillance system that will become ineffective as soon as she learns how to circumvent it...