Maybe lazy parents should stop expecting the iPad/internet to do the parenting?
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
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And if they want "infrastructural help" perhaps be the change you want to see.
I have nieces and nephews that were part of the first wave of kids growing up with internet. Had many discussions with siblings and friends about how to handle it.
As an IT person I, of course, brought technological solutions to them, which pretty much all of them rejected.
Turned out it was just a modification of anything else requiring adult supervision - just like cooking, mowing the lawn, or even just handling a sharp knife. They taught their kids by supervising until they were competent.
And I was humbled.
Parent here, its the easiest shit in the world. Takes maybe five minutes to setup parental controls on any service. Its also very easy to login to your router and block URLs. If you can't keep up with 1 machine by just typing website into it you are part of the problem. The other part is massive corporations wanting to avoid responsibility for their products and platforms.
We literally have the infrastructure to do so. Have you heard of internet filters on home routers? On some, it's literally a checkbox.
What exactly is the "infrastructural help" you're proposing?
Eroding personal privacy to "save the kids" instead of just enabling a network filter. Better yet, we could require internet filter options on all routers sold in the US. But this parent would rather have everyone lose their rights to internet privacy so that they don't have to do the hard work themselves.
Tax money
Sure, if we are going to make sacrifices for parents then they can make sacrifices for us. How about no kids at bars or breweries, and I am allowed to hit your kids if they get within arms reach of me?
I'm ok with no kids at bars and breweries. And no you can't abuse children just to make a political point.
Ok then we are back at me not giving a fuck what your kids do on the Internet.
I actually semi agree with this post.
But parents also need to make an effort.
I got all 3 of my nieces a tablet over the years for bdays. I set them up. Turned on parental controls before I gave it to them. It was pretty easy.
Select all correct statements:
A) Parents have a responsibility to teach and protect their kids
B) Governments have a responsibility to protect kids
C) The owners of websites and platforms have a responsibility to protect kids
D) Everyone is a goddamn functioning society has a responsibility to protect kids.
D
People talking about parental controls as if that magically stops the new ways kids get bullied