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All we need to do is put me in charge of all the rules because I know best and everyone else is wrong (lemmy.world)
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[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It should be the parents' responsibility to parent their children. And the government's responsibility to step in when the parents are abusive or neglectful.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

From UNICEF's Children's Version/TLDR the Convention on the Rights of the Child:

  1. Best interests of the child

When adults make decisions, they should think about how their decisions will affect children. All adults should do what is best for children. Governments should make sure children are protected and looked after by their parents, or by other people when this is needed. Governments should make sure that people and places responsible for looking after children are doing a good job.

  1. Family guidance as children develop

Governments should let families and communities guide their children so that, as they grow up, they learn to use their rights in the best way. The more children grow, the less guidance they will need.

(emphasis mine)

  1. Protection from violence

Governments must protect children from violence, abuse and being neglected by anyone who looks after them.

This, plus all the rights that state that the default should be children being raised by their families, means what you are saying is literal international law everywhere except the US (though it's a application is still... frankly non existent in most of the world)

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And here with are with much of both the US and Europe enacting privacy-invading age verification laws instead of letting parents raise their kids.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Parents are shit at raising children.

Both solutions are ass.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't really work in a world where the Internet exists. Specially in low-income or single-parent households.

[–] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What device are kids getting their mitts on that can access the internet, but doesn't have reasonably easily enabled child safety settings?

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Every single one of them. Have you seen an old person with a phone? More importantly, unrestricted computers are readily available pretty much everywhere — libraries, cafes, schools, etc.