The amount of crap kids are exposed to is insane.
I doubt this bill will fix it, and will probably make things worse.
But serious thought and political will needs to be given to how to protect kids.
The best way to do that is empower, parents, not government. But nobody really wants to do that. Look at how crappy parental controls are.
I’ve personally battled with my kids over online content. It’s absolutely nuts how difficult moderating your child’s content is.
It’s like we are stuck in the 80s where parents are expected to just “watch tv with their kids and talk about it.”
Tech could solve this problem, but there simply isn’t money in it. Politically, there’s no will to help parents either.
So when you’re writing your Senators about this bill, make it clear they should be deferring to parents on this matter.
I doubt this bill will fix it, and will probably make things worse.
But serious thought and political will needs to be given to how to protect kids.
The best way to do that is empower, parents, not government. But nobody really wants to do that. Look at how crappy parental controls are.
I’ve personally battled with my kids over online content. It’s absolutely nuts how difficult moderating your child’s content is.
It’s like we are stuck in the 80s where parents are expected to just “watch tv with their kids and talk about it.”
Tech could solve this problem, but there simply isn’t money in it. Politically, there’s no will to help parents either.
So when you’re writing your Senators about this bill, make it clear they should be deferring to parents on this matter.