Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control

Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control by Nursie on Sunday March 22, 2026 @05:52AM (#47475917)

> helped reduce my teen "I'm immortal! I'm unstoppable!" phase.

I mean, is that good?

Isn’t another way of looking at that to say that it poisoned an innocent time and left you aware and afraid of death when you might otherwise have been enjoying the end of your childhood without that burden?

In general parents might want their kids to be a little more mindful, but not grow up too soon.

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Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control by imtringued on Sunday March 22, 2026 @06:34AM (#47476126)

Not to mention that this could create perpetually morbidly afraid individuals.

Yeah now they know they might die, but they also know they will die.

Cool. What now? You might have a kid thinking that they are going to die tomorrow, for the next 70 years.

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