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heatherlarson | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I am not sure about the banning of things. Too much black and white thinking. 

It’s our responsibility to teach our kids how to use social media responsibly, same as driving, alcohol, money etc. 

Banning takes away the teaching of life skills.
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Big Barry Bitcoin | 4 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Teaching requires time. Age is time. It is no good to say "you must be x years old to do y" unless by y years old you have been taught z.

But if you will be taught z by x, a ban of y until then might make sense. Even if it is just a nudge to people to determine what is "right" and "wrong"
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heatherlarson | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 People just letting the government raise their kids in Australia now…
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Big Barry Bitcoin | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not what I said. I said governments signal what is "right" and "wrong" to many people. People still need to do what they think is best. Parents still need to do what they think is best.

I never proposed that parents shouldn't be allowed to make their own decisions or work around government rules if it makes sense, just that there are a lot of NPCs out there and if we care about THEIR kids, then we need to speak their language and signal through the government that kids shouldn't use social media until they have had a chance to have learned basic social and critical thinking skills.