[blitzar]

> Why not produce a second kind of phone that is for kids

It exists, it is called an iPhone or an Android phone.

> This approach would put the power back into hands of parents

They have it ... they don't want it. They don't want to say "no", they want to be friends not parents to their children.

[xenospn]

Most parents are completely powerless when faced with pressure from their kids. Or even worse, their kids’ friends.

[tsoukase]

The same companies that sell addictive stuff to kids give them an aid to abstinence. They are kidding us all.

Better have multiple levels of defense. National firewall, school ban, parent supervision, phone lockdown. Only then the exposure will be mediated over all possible channels (stolen accounts, fake adult IDs, friends' devices).