I’m split on this because on one hand all these platforms are have a well-known link to poor mental health in teenagers however I think this might be another instance where we are legislating something that should be handled by the parents.
Double edged sword. I don’t let my kids on any social media at all and people compare me to Hitler. Then I have to explain how they’re the reason I don’t let them on social media. All that anonymous hate becomes learning material for real world actions and behaviours. Every small child I know that watches unspeakable is arguably a giant asshole.
I don’t want it because I want to expose my kid to things early and gradually. My kid as had a tablet since 1. No one would know that if I didn’t tell them. She doesn’t use her tablet as a pacifier because of strong parental controls, boundary enforcement and general parenting. She doesn’t have unlimited access to YouTube because I learned that 30 mins is about all she can handle for short form videos. But we are working on tolerance and personal boundary settings with it. She started at about 10mins a day.
She’s in elementary and we are slowly dipping into social media. Right now she’s locked into platforms where she can only interact with a white list of people.
I don’t want the government to scream at me that my way is wrong because shit disengaged parents exist. It’s like at the stuff about screen time. It turns out the one study i read was correct. I don’t harm or hurt as long as it doesn’t replace human interaction.
Letting it be a free for all at 16 isn’t going to do anything but make it worse because then kids at that age will get no guidance and it’ll just be binging now with less societal care since nothing with be made to onboard children at all.
I’m split on this because on one hand all these platforms are have a well-known link to poor mental health in teenagers however I think this might be another instance where we are legislating something that should be handled by the parents.
On one hand it’s definitely needed, on the other it’s surveillance.
I don’t think it’s up to the parents because if they were informed enough to make that decision then the kids wouldn’t be on it.
Double edged sword. I don’t let my kids on any social media at all and people compare me to Hitler. Then I have to explain how they’re the reason I don’t let them on social media. All that anonymous hate becomes learning material for real world actions and behaviours. Every small child I know that watches unspeakable is arguably a giant asshole.
I don’t want it because I want to expose my kid to things early and gradually. My kid as had a tablet since 1. No one would know that if I didn’t tell them. She doesn’t use her tablet as a pacifier because of strong parental controls, boundary enforcement and general parenting. She doesn’t have unlimited access to YouTube because I learned that 30 mins is about all she can handle for short form videos. But we are working on tolerance and personal boundary settings with it. She started at about 10mins a day.
She’s in elementary and we are slowly dipping into social media. Right now she’s locked into platforms where she can only interact with a white list of people.
I don’t want the government to scream at me that my way is wrong because shit disengaged parents exist. It’s like at the stuff about screen time. It turns out the one study i read was correct. I don’t harm or hurt as long as it doesn’t replace human interaction.
Letting it be a free for all at 16 isn’t going to do anything but make it worse because then kids at that age will get no guidance and it’ll just be binging now with less societal care since nothing with be made to onboard children at all.