You have full control over your router and kid's devices so start there. Not anyone else's responsibility.
You have full control over your router and kid's devices so start there. Not anyone else's responsibility.
Farewell to freedom on the Internet and the days of wild abandon.
Banning it outright means parents have a strong foundation of “no you can’t have it, it’s illegal” and all of their peers will instead organise on private messaging apps instead.
Bro… it’s joever for you
The psychological impacts come from secondary network effects. The studies suggest that taking social media away from just your kid doesn't do anything, because the culture wherever they go will still be driven by it.
So the only way I can protect my kids from it is to pass laws to force other parents' hands.
I sympathize with the libertarian impulse but for me, protecting my kids from other parents' poor decisions comes first.
One individual cannot meaningfully fight back. The only way forward is through collective action and legislation, just like what was done to the Tobacco industry a few decades ago.