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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 on Sunday April 20, 2025 @09:23AM (#43743613)
This is exactly it. Add to this the simple reality that each kid has a different temperament and maturity levels and you immediately realize why parents want to have some level of control over what the kid is exposed to given that their filters were not developed yet.
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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by WarOnPrivacy on Sunday April 20, 2025 @11:06AM (#43744253)
> you immediately realize why parents want to have some level of control over what the kid is exposed to

Control we got.

Parenting time is up 20-fold (few hours/week->24/7adulting) from my parents generation (silent gen).

Consequently, compared to my parents, I (gen x) had 20x the control over my what my kids were exposed to.

Parenting was exhausting for me. My kids spent their entire childhood in adult-populated, adult-curated boxes. They were denied the regular hours of adult-free, free-range time, where I developed my most of my life skills.

But as a parent, I had pretty exclusive control over what my 5 sons were exposed to.

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