(The Center Square) – Two Michigan bills pitched as “child safety legislation” were withdrawn this week after advocacy groups raised concerns about privacy and data collection.
Part of the issue is that it depends on parenting. We are very progressive parents. Our kids still get up to things online that we wish they wouldn’t. Texting nudes and such.
I want them to have resources but I feel like fully unfettered access is not the right solution either. I lean hard on letting them have the freedom to make choices but sometimes I think I’ve made a mistake.
We lecture them on grooming and consequences but they are still are teenagers with a limited capacity for evaluating risk and consequences.
Our kids still get up to things online that we wish they wouldn’t.
Remove the word “online” and that sentence is not only still true but it’s been true for Millennia. It doesn’t matter what our beliefs as parents are, our children will always do things we wish they wouldn’t.
I lean hard on letting them have the freedom to make choices but sometimes I think I’ve made a mistake.
From one parent to another I honestly believe that that you are doing parenting correctly! You can’t raise children to be responsible and mature adults if they aren’t free to make decisions until after they leave the home. We give them space and training commensurate with their age and ability while they are still kids so that we can teach them and pick them up when they fall.
Part of the issue is that it depends on parenting. We are very progressive parents. Our kids still get up to things online that we wish they wouldn’t. Texting nudes and such.
I want them to have resources but I feel like fully unfettered access is not the right solution either. I lean hard on letting them have the freedom to make choices but sometimes I think I’ve made a mistake.
We lecture them on grooming and consequences but they are still are teenagers with a limited capacity for evaluating risk and consequences.
Remove the word “online” and that sentence is not only still true but it’s been true for Millennia. It doesn’t matter what our beliefs as parents are, our children will always do things we wish they wouldn’t.
From one parent to another I honestly believe that that you are doing parenting correctly! You can’t raise children to be responsible and mature adults if they aren’t free to make decisions until after they leave the home. We give them space and training commensurate with their age and ability while they are still kids so that we can teach them and pick them up when they fall.