2026-09-18 13:03 UTC
@romli@social.vivaldi.net @ibboard@hachyderm.io @markwyner@mas.to "We don't generally accept that children are free to go outside alone."
This, here, is exactly the problem. Why are you surprised that children don't "go out and play" if you explicitly forbid them to go out and play?
If children can't have any independence from their parents, they will never be able to be independent. The weaning needs to be gradual, not sudden at 18 years of age.
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@romli@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-18 13:10
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu @ibboard@hachyderm.io @markwyner@mas.to Of course they can have independence but that clearly is related to their age. At 5 years old children do not generally have freedom to roam around a large city on their own, and most people would accept that was worrying if a child was unsupervised. A 10 year old, a 14 year old, a 16 year old are all different situations and should have different levels of independence. Likewise online, age limits should be set sensibly and gradually. Children don't need to have no knowledge of social media until they are 18 but equally making access unrestricted form the day they are born is problematic