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Re:Heavy social media use associated with lower mental healt... by whatshisface on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:31AM (#25930230)
To strongman the OP, would your parents have stopped you from talking about programming on IRC if they had observed it? Would you stop your kids, if you observed them? Watching your kid's internet use doesn't mean not letting them use the internet, it means applying your developed adult discernment to judge between healthy and unhealthy uses.
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Re:Heavy social media use associated with lower mental healt... by Descensus on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:51AM (#25930453)
I'm not OP, but it's not entirely about the content being viewed. A lot of unsupervised online access takes the form of large swathes of time.

Not every parent would necessarily want their child online for 3 - 5+ hours, especially doing things like participating in communities.

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Re:Heavy social media use associated with lower mental healt... by JCharante on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:55PM (#25933069)
Not OP but I was in a similar situation. They certainly wouldn't have encouraged or would have stopped me from talking to strangers online. I understand why, you have to precautions against things like grooming, but on the internet and especially behind text no one knows if you're a 12 year old or a 22 year old with poor writing skills.
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