Comment on First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control.
Spaniard@lemmy.world 1 month agoI don’t even have kids and I have protection in place at home to block devices from accessing sites, not exclusively porn tho, gambling and social networks.
girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That’s reasonable. It’s a good idea to have additonal protections and if you have the knowledge, something like a pihole can go far.
In a perfect world the parent(s) would know the needs of the child and adjust. Curiosity should be encouraged but the guardians should be the ones to prepare the kids for the world, as far as home life is concerned.
Access to porn and gambling is impossible to guage the best age for granting access to in the legal sense; it’s a different situation for everyone. That’s why it really should be up to the guardian to dictate when is appropriate.
Unfortunately, instead of teaching with an open mind, what gets passed on usually is the parent’s frustrations and dispositions. To even things out, I also think public education is helpful, but that’s a different topic.