[abustamam]

Yeah I'm not sure why the govt or any other 3rd party needs to get involved. If I don't want my kids to look at porno online I will educate them on porn. If I don't trust my kids to listen to me then I will install an open source monitoring software and educate them on trust.

Letting the govt dictate what is age restricted is an easy way for the govt to control speech and narrative. For example, children's books that feature LGBT characters are being reclassified as adult [1], thus requiring additional verification. If I do/don't want my kids to read LGBT books, it's my decision. The govt should not dictate that. What else will the govt reclassify? Anything involving people of color?

[1] https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data

[techblueberry]

“If I don't want my kids to look at porno online I will educate them on porn“

I can’t tell if this is a joke, is this a joke?

[abustamam]

No? I guess I missed a word ("educate them on the dangers of porn" perhaps?) but I don't see how the omission makes a huge difference.

[techblueberry]

I just love the idea that the solution to kids not doing what you want them to is telling them not to do a thing. It’s so optimistic.

[aethertap]

Education isn't based on the premise that they'll never disobey. It's to help them recognize when things become dangerous or are getting to be a problem. Of course kids will do things they're told not to do - this is just helping them tap the brakes and understand how to recover. The attitude that the only solution is perfect enforcement is (in my opinion at least) partially to blame for the lack of self-awareness that makes the more vulnerable to later addiction problems in the first place.

[abustamam]

Not sure if this is sarcastic but that's exactly how drug education works in the US. Sure it's optimistic but almost everything about raising kids is optimistic.

[techblueberry]

DARE made me more curious about doing drugs.

[abustamam]

I was curious about drugs after DARE because I learned about stuff I'd never heard about before. But it didn't make me want to _try_ drugs. And if DARE weren't enough, watching Euphoria was definitely enough to make me not ever want to touch drugs.

[partyficial]

when i tell my 15 year old kid not to smoke, he obeys. sounds like a skill issue on your part.

[techblueberry]

> sounds like a skill issue on your part.

I am in fact a terrible parent. I rarely try to get better, and when I do I make it worse.