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> The model isn't affecting me because I'm not a bad parent who is letting my kids get on platforms without watching them In my opinion, being an arrogantly co

> The model isn't affecting me because I'm not a bad parent who is letting my kids get on platforms without watching them In my opinion, being an arrogantly confident parent is only modestly better than being an ignorant or lackadaisical one. Your children can be harmed by social media even if you (try to) monitor and regulate their use of it, or prevent it entirely. If you got a call tomorrow that your child had taken his or her life because bullies had posted abusive content about them online, resulting in real-life ostracization, you might have a different perspective about how insidious these platforms can be, even when people aren't active users. Note that, unless you're with your children 24/7/365, you can't fully regulate your children's' behavior. You might think your children aren't using social media, or don't even have a phone, only to learn that they had a second life you didn't know about. Because there is so much pressure on young people to be present on these apps. Civilized society frequently regulates products and services that are known to be harmful to society and a threat to human health. The refusal to acknowledge that social platforms have been engineered to be addictive and their operators negligent moderators of abuse ironically only ensures that the measures proposed to deal with their wanton disregard for human well-being will be more and more dystopian.

RiverCrochet 2mo ago
> If you got a call tomorrow that your child had taken his or her life because bullies had posted abusive content about them online This doesn't happen without clear signs beforehand or if you don't interact with your child at all. Competent parents pay attention to their children and these signs and provide a safe space for them to talk about these types of things. Negligent parents who don't are dangerous. > Note that, unless you're with your children 24/7/365, you can't fully regulate your children's' behavior. Maybe not, but parents are still fully responsible for their children's actions. I can't fully regulate my dog's behavior but I'm the one getting sued if he escapes and bites someone. > Because there is so much pressure on young people to be present on these apps. Until they pay for their own housing and food, the only pressure that should matter is what I as a parent put on them. Other children creating this pressure is a result of their parents failure to parent, and they also should be held accountable. > Civilized society frequently regulates products and services that are known to be harmful to society and a threat to human health. Regulate the product then, not the adult person. Products can be regulated via accurate labeling. Then, it is on you as a responsible to read the labeling and behave accordingly and keep your kids away from them. This works for dangerous chemical products like cleaning solutions. The products I buy in the supermarket that are restricted to 18+ don't require my ID to be stored in a database, I simply show the clerk. Even then it would be far better if 18s and under just weren't allowed in stores. Labeling works best for 18+ content. If you can't handle it, keep your kids away from phones and computers.

RiverCrochet 2mo ago

> If you got a call tomorrow that your child had taken his or her life because bullies had posted abusive content about them online This doesn't happen without clear signs beforehand or if you don't interact with your child at all. Competent parents pay attention to their children and these signs and provide a safe space for them to talk about these types of things. Negligent parents who don't are dangerous. > Note that, unless you're with your children 24/7/365, you can't fully regulate your children's' behavior. Maybe not, but parents are still fully responsible for their children's actions. I can't fully regulate my dog's behavior but I'm the one getting sued if he escapes and bites someone. > Because there is so much pressure on young people to be present on these apps. Until they pay for their own housing and food, the only pressure that should matter is what I as a parent put on them. Other children creating this pressure is a result of their parents failure to parent, and they also should be held accountable. > Civilized society frequently regulates products and services that are known to be harmful to society and a threat to human health. Regulate the product then, not the adult person. Products can be regulated via accurate labeling. Then, it is on you as a responsible to read the labeling and behave accordingly and keep your kids away from them. This works for dangerous chemical products like cleaning solutions. The products I buy in the supermarket that are restricted to 18+ don't require my ID to be stored in a database, I simply show the clerk. Even then it would be far better if 18s and under just weren't allowed in stores. Labeling works best for 18+ content. If you can't handle it, keep your kids away from phones and computers.