I’m asking for public policy ideas here. A lot of countries are enacting age verification now. But of course this is a privacy nightmare and is ripe for abuse. At the same time though, I also understand why people are concerned with how kids are using social media. These products are designed to be addictive and are known to cause body image issues and so forth. So what’s the middle ground? How can we protect kids from the harms of social media in a way that respects everyone’s privacy?
Education, the problem is people think education is a government duty but as you can see the ones who run the government don’t want exactly the best for their kids, too many parents care more about partying out and taking selfies for Instagram than educating their kids.
Another problem is single parenting not to shame only women because fathers are also part of the problem, you have some people who have 3 kids from different baby daddies who’s mom left them with grandma to go out partying with different men each weekend and father don’t care about them because he have a new family. What will be the future of these kids honestly?
Nevermind single parenting, in many families both parents work to be able to support their standard of living (and if they’re both working low-paying jobs, this isn’t just luxury). Add to that that modern society pretty much expects people to move away from their hometown to wherever they can get a job, especially if they’re somewhat well-educated, which takes the grandparents out of the picture for childcare.
These days, many parents care more about playing video games and watching cartoons than educating their kids.
People care more about what stain they will buy next to get dumbass high instead of thinking about their children.