"Parents should relax and ... "

"everyone should just adopt my values and then all these political problems would just disappear. voila!"

> all these political problems

The problems I mentioned aren't real, that's the point.

It hasn't just never been proven that Counter Strike et al cause amok runs, it's been disproven [1]. Consuming porn doesn't make people rapists (although I do concede: the ethical aspects particularly around studio-produced porn do require discussions), and consuming LGBT content doesn't make children LGBT. People are, to the extent that we reasonably know, born LGBT.

The fact that some organizations (particularly religious) have framed these issues as "political" doesn't make them political either.

[1] https://www.mimikama.org/mythos-killerspiele/

	▲	pksebben 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Very much this. The research points to hours spent on social media - not 'I saw something adult and now my fragile little mind is le bork'. If you want kids to be healthier you're gonna have to deal with it on the device level at worst, and the healthcare level at best. Include mental health services and counseling as part of a single-payer preventative care plan if you really, really want to save the kids.
	▲	ynab6 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> consuming LGBT content doesn't make children LGBT Spoken like a true groomer. Have some gold, kind stranger!
	▲	jasonfarnon 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"The problems I mentioned aren't real, that's the point." Can you possibly think that determining what is and is not a valid problem isn't a subjective evaluation? Even looking at your examples, which are not chosen well for your argument. In each of these you're just shifting the burden of proof to reflect what your values. "No one has proven counter strike causes violent behavior, consuming porn makes people rapists or people can become gay." All wide-open empirical questions. Maybe none of these gets resolved in the near future; they aren't even well-formed questions. Meanwhile parents, governments, policy-makers need to make decisions. If you are very concerned about your kid being violent, you will avoid videogames even as a precautionary measure. "The fact that some organizations (particularly religious) " Ah you found an even easier way to resolve the issue, just ignore religious values.