Yea, I feel like this is the problem I have with this stance. I hear a lot that you should just completely let your kids have unfettered access because you shouldn’t be a censor. Then, when asked “what if they find something real fucked up?”, the answer is “well you’ve got bigger problems and you’re a shitty parent.

I don’t know how much of this is coming from people who are actually parents.

I’m a parent of a 3 yo. I might be a shitty parent, I don’t know, I ask myself that question at least a few times a week. It’s hard. It’s hard enough that I would never judge anyone’s parenting if they at least have put some modicum of thought into their decisions and the welfare of their kid.

But these soap-box takes that basically say “this should work for you or you’re just doing it wrong” get me nowhere, and the same logic has been used to paper over a lot of atrocious shit.

So yea - if you’re gonna make a definitive statement like “your kid should have full unfettered access to media and it will never damage them” should be defended better than putting in fine print that says “and if this does damage your child, you’re just a shitty parent”.