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This literally IS putting the responsibility on parents.
The law requires that part of "account setup" includes asking the user's age bracket, and then allowing apps installed via "stores" to retrieve that value from the OS. The entire burden of trust in this implementation is placed on the owner of the hardware, exactly where it should be.