'Child-friendly' search engine Kiddle is promoting ignorance, not safety

Re:'Child-friendly' search engine Kiddle is promoting ignora... by gamechangr on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @10:51PM (#11207980)

>"I don’t have kids yet..."

Enough said.

> "Instead of blocking terms like LGBT and intercourse, Kiddle would be much better to help educate kids in an age-appropriate manner about these things, not adding to the stigma."

If you have installed a block for kids... I should hope that it blocks the word "Intercourse"? Is this guy serious?

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Re:'Child-friendly' search engine Kiddle is promoting ignora... by tresni on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @03:20AM (#11208709)

I have kids, 4 of them actually and I must say I agree with the author. The problem with the Kiddle approach is that it doesn't help kids when they need it. Additionally, telling them it's a "bad word" doesn't encourage them to talk to their parents about it, but may have the exact opposite effect.

A better approach would be curated results for these terms vs no results. Or maybe a banner that says "This is a great topic to talk to your parents about." Who knows, may actually work. Probably not thought...

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Re:'Child-friendly' search engine Kiddle is promoting ignora... by gamechangr on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @10:05AM (#11210329)

I have kids as well, 3 of them actually.

I appreciated your response. I get the idea of the "better approach" and I liked that you admitted on the front side that .." who knows, may actually work. Probably not though...".

I don't think that's what the author had in mind ("talk to your parents"). That wouldn't be that bad.

What's scary is when adults outsource their parenting role.

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