> keeping their kids off social media, it wouldn't actually be possible for them. This is false binary thinking. I would argue that effortful attempts by paren

> keeping their kids off social media, it wouldn't actually be possible for them. This is false binary thinking. I would argue that effortful attempts by parents would meaningfully reduce their kids social media usage. Social medias negative effects is a spectrum/sliding scale of effect based on amount of exposure. Even if they cannot entirely keep their kids off social media, they can dampen the usage. Think about alcohol, as a society we focus on keeping kids off alcohol and in the main it works (until we give them free and full access and they experimentally binge, but most regain selfcontrol in short order).