Thread is depressing af. I wonder how many people here had unrestricted access to computers and internet growing up ( I did ) and I am thankful for that. If a kid wanted to do what they wanted to, no amount of restrictions are gonna help.
I think the only reasonable point is maybe don't let your young kids have social media accounts on global platforms. That makes sense. Otherwise there's so little difference between now and ~20 years ago, which I assume is when a lot of us grew up.
Like, 99% of the porn out there is boring mainstream hardcore stuff which was readily available as soon as internet video became a thing. The only important thing to instill in your kids here is that porn is not normal sex, which is something I figured out pretty quickly.
One might argue that developing proper filters for garbage content is much more beneficial than being sheltered from it.
Of course, you can’t just throw everything at a kid and expect them to figure it out. But kids are smarter than most people on this thread seem to think. With a little guidance, they can develop a sense of what’s what in technology and use it well.
