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by curiousgal 1872 days ago
Last time I checked parents can confiscate their children's smartphones or at least ask about their whereabouts and which friends they're hanging out with.

Children are children, you can't expect the world to be a safe place, our job as parents is to protect them, not Let them run amok and then hold the world accountable.

I am not saying it's the parents' fault this happened but they bear more responsibility than Snapchat in my opinion.

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My reply was too harsh, and I regretted it after. Sorry about that.

I agree that it is the parent's job to protect them. I just don't think it's fair that multi-billion dollar companies are allowed to do things that make my job harder. I'm one man with a very limited budget of time and money to devote to parenting. Facebook/Snapchat has an army of employees who go to work all day every day to get my kids addicted to their platform. That doesn't seem fair, and if they are able to get children to do things that are unwise, they should be held responsible for that. That's what I was trying to get at.