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vorpalhex 8 hours ago

Everything is a parents issue.

If you are depending on the police to keep your kid from doing drugs, you have failed as a parent. I promise you, your kid can locate drugs better than the cops can arrest low level dealers.

You as a parent need to teach your kid how to behave (mostly through things like teaching ethics and morals) not by running a safe prison until your kid is 18.

And yes, I am a parent of multiple kids.

mrtksn 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree, however the problem is that large number of parents can't do that and it becomes a societal issue. That's why we are talking about that, otherwise it would have been private family issue.

Drugs, alcohol, teen pregnancy and now social media has become societal issue as enough parents failed to control their kids actions or development.

wowyouredumb 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I think Darwin had a solution to that.

DANmode 6 hours ago | parent [-]

We walked away from it.

1718627440 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> not by running a safe prison until your kid is 18.

And in addition, such an approach, will not lead to a child magically becoming an adult all of a sudden when they turn 18.

kelseyfrog 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If we want parental behavior to change, we have to change the incentives. Parents must be held criminally liable for exposing their children to social media. Until we change the incentives, 'parents need to parent' is just an empty slogan.