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Honestly curious what people think: how can parents keep their children safe on the internet?
This is many questions, but the more interesting to me aspects are:
as technology exists now, what can a parent do to both provide their child access to the internet while not being negligent to their safety
what could technology do or change to make things safer for kids, and also give parents some peace of mind that this is the case?
As a parent, it's a seemingly impossible task to balance both letting her have some freedom and keeping her safe. (Typing that out, that's just an evergreen problem beyond technology, but let's focus).
Everything politicians and corporations have done has at best done nothing, and at worst has made it easier for children to be harmed.
But that doesn't mean there's nothing to be done, right? One is going to appeal to idiots who think they need to protect their kids from catching trans, and the later isn't going to risk profit.
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@gintoxicating@transister.social I talk to my sons, let them come to me with anything they've found and are curious or worried about. Tell them there's bad people and awful ideologies, explain to them that they need to watch themselves and not trust people blindly, and try my best to maintain a safe space at home where they can talk to me/my wife about anything.
My eldest is gonna route around any network blocks or parental controls I put into place anyway, and all those do is show him I don't trust him.
So far so good. It's definitely a lot though.