I wouldn't want my child to access social media but when we say we want to ban all children from accessing these things we're effectively saying we know better than their own parents. Its a sense of superiority that drives these regulatory policies where we believe parents are not knowledgeable or capable enough to make decisions for their own kids.

This is a dangerous mindset and precedent. It means that one day someone else will come along and have the ability to tell us what we can and can't do with our own children. If the next administration thinks it must be mandatory for every child to participate in social media for 4 hours every day now they have the legal and social precedent to impose something like that.

We shouldn't use government to force our own ideas and beliefs on others. Instead, we should set up boundaries that allow each individual to freely choose what they want for themselves and their families as long as it doesn't directly harm the freedoms of others.

Some platforms are good at giving parents control. Apple is pretty good at this when you’re in their eco system.

To get any type of parental control on Minecraft took me the best part of a day, and I’m presumably more tech savvy than average.

Nintendo, Microsoft, Xbox, ea accounts, none of which I use as an adult. It’s a mess, no wonder many parents just don’t bother.