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“If I don't want my kids to look at porno online I will educate them on porn“ I can’t tell if this is a joke, is this a joke?
by techblueberry 6mo ago
“If I don't want my kids to look at porno online I will educate them on porn“
I can’t tell if this is a joke, is this a joke?
- abustamam 6mo agoNo? I guess I missed a word ("educate them on the dangers of porn" perhaps?) but I don't see how the omission makes a huge difference.
- techblueberry 6mo agoI just love the idea that the solution to kids not doing what you want them to is telling them not to do a thing. It’s so optimistic.
- abustamam 6mo agoNot sure if this is sarcastic but that's exactly how drug education works in the US. Sure it's optimistic but almost everything about raising kids is optimistic.
- techblueberry 6mo agoDARE made me more curious about doing drugs.
- abustamam 6mo agoI was curious about drugs after DARE because I learned about stuff I'd never heard about before. But it didn't make me want to _try_ drugs. And if DARE weren't enough, watching Euphoria was definitely enough to make me not ever want to touch drugs.
- partyficial 6mo agowhen i tell my 15 year old kid not to smoke, he obeys. sounds like a skill issue on your part.
- techblueberry 6mo ago> sounds like a skill issue on your part. I am in fact a terrible parent. I rarely try to get better, and when I do I make it worse.
- aethertap 6mo agoEducation isn't based on the premise that they'll never disobey. It's to help them recognize when things become dangerous or are getting to be a problem. Of course kids will do things they're told not to do - this is just helping them tap the brakes and understand how to recover. The attitude that the only solution is perfect enforcement is (in my opinion at least) partially to blame for the lack of self-awareness that makes the more vulnerable to later addiction problems in the first place.