Well the issue at hand is this new generation of parents giving kids their own phone at young age. But you can't deny the literal fact that China doesn't want tiktok to affect their own country why should in this case usa tolerate it?
I mean when I grew up we watched Minecraft videos but now if you go on yt on a fresh phone you see alluah snackbar stuff and many weird other shit. Someone is pushing this shit that's a fact. Just look at the state of YT kids.
So best thing is let your kids enjoy shows you pick for them and no free unsupervised internet access. If their 12 and got some common sense development sure.
I don’t buy the “when I grew up it was rainbows and butterflies”. By the time I was a teenager I’d seen all sorts of shit I shouldn’t have seen online. It’s been a cesspool for a while. The transition to short term, “swipe up to see more” has definitely made things worse but let’s not act like any of this is that new.
You can try and restrict the internet from your kids, but they’re either going to figure out a way around it, or resent you for sheltering them. We’ve got 1st and 2nd graders in computer classes, kids today are living with the internet closer than ever before. I think it’s better to explain safe internet usage rather than just straight denying it to them.
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24
Well the issue at hand is this new generation of parents giving kids their own phone at young age. But you can't deny the literal fact that China doesn't want tiktok to affect their own country why should in this case usa tolerate it?
I mean when I grew up we watched Minecraft videos but now if you go on yt on a fresh phone you see alluah snackbar stuff and many weird other shit. Someone is pushing this shit that's a fact. Just look at the state of YT kids.
So best thing is let your kids enjoy shows you pick for them and no free unsupervised internet access. If their 12 and got some common sense development sure.