Cobbling together the words hardline, unacceptable, entrenched, religion, and middle-grounds is not an argument let alone persuasion. At best, it's an opinion strangely rooted in some type of anti-religious bias. The truth is that society has always restricted and will continue to restrict children from things that have negative impacts on their development.

And I hope one day teenagers (~15+) will get together and rise up against their subjugation, 'for their own good'. It's likely only a matter of time before the uprising or revolution will come. And parents sick on power will end up feeling the wrath of it.