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Are you a parent? Not trying to dismiss your opinion, just want to make a counterpoint. Sure, pedophile interactions mostly never happen. But as a parent, I ago
by ohitsdom 11y ago
Are you a parent? Not trying to dismiss your opinion, just want to make a counterpoint. Sure, pedophile interactions mostly never happen. But as a parent, I agonize over the awful (although rare) events that my kids could go through. So I'm going to setup age appropriate restrictions, but I also realize I can't protect my kids from everything so ultimately need to keep talking with my kids about issues and have good lines of communication.
- stegosaurus 11y agoI'm not, but I'm not talking about parenting here, really. I am asking whether it is unusual for me to remember my youth. If it is, then my story is just an anecdote. If not, then I would be interested in knowing whether others had reasonable thought processes. The basic idea that a 10+ year old needs to be protected from themselves or they'll just develop neuroses/be abducted/whatever seems weird to me based on my own experience of being that age. I was just as rational as I am now - with different data points to draw from, but not self damaging. I guess I would compare it to funerals. They are not for the benefit of the deceased. Whether or not individuals continue to do these things is kind of a different debate.