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‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How do you try to guide your children through the digital world while growing up? (www.theguardian.com)

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This article really struck a chord with me, since I'm increasingly worried about my children growing up in a world that is fundamentally different from the one I grew up in. It's incredibly hard to make sure that children are not confronted with disturbing imagery and all the propaganda that is circulating online without the fully developed critical thinking of an educated adult. How do you go about making sure your children become responsible adults online?

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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I expected my kids to figure out how to bypass my site blocks (All they had to do was change DNS), but they never did. I eventually just turned them off as they got older.

[–] exasperation@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Millennials were peak generation for self-taught tech literacy. We were raised in an environment where the technology was simple and open enough to actually be configurable, all while the prize on the other side of figuring out the technology was rewarding.

The older generations didn't have as strong of a reward for figuring out the tech. And the younger generations have too steep a learning curve to get around things, so they never even learned to try, like the "baby elephant syndrome" phenomenon.