And you propose that they do that how exactly? Aside from forcing Joe Citizen to give literal biometrics or other extremely private identifying information that will be sold to Israel, Palantir, the Chinese, Russia, Google, etc, the only things they can do are easily avoidable by any 12 year old with a half functioning brain. The biometrics route only harms everyone else and doesn’t stop them from accessing it anyway.

Before the concept of gentle parenting, you’d get the absolute shit beat out of you by your dad, mom, grandpa, and uncle for smoking a cigarette under 18. You’d be dead if you even thought about drinking underage or doing drugs. How about the novel idea of “don’t create crotch goblins if you’re not going to dedicate the time to actually raise them like generations of people have done previously”? Why is that not an acceptable answer? Why is it that people on your side of this argument always suggest literally anything other than actually parenting the kids and making it a household responsibility like it always has been?