[eddiewithzato]

> A much better tactic, and one that I see neglected far too often is to instill the reasoning into the kids from a young age, don't bar them from what's bad from them, teach them that why and how it's bad so they themselves keep a distance.

This only works for those kids who were not already exposed to social media addiction on their brain. So for everyone else, they do need to deal with the tantrums from removing their addiction.

> I genuinely can't tell if this is some sort of meta-ironic take but no, just no. The vast majority of even elementary school childrens' lives are being moved online slowly but surely, and whether you like it or not they are going to have to pull out that laptop or phone for hours a day, can you sit and watch them for that entire time?

Which is a really bad thing, they will be missing out on social development from interacting with their peers in real life.