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alex43578 • today at 6:47 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Still doesn’t mean you can’t look at those people as foolish, no different than if they handed a cigarette to their teen or let their kid get obese.


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brailsafe • today at 8:34 PM

I think both of those are overtly addictive, pointless, and negligent examples. What about encouraging them to get their driver's license, try alcohol or weed, or skateboard? What about trying to isolate them from the world on the deep suburbs?

I think it's more destructive to control and remove your child from the possibility of risk at the cost of preventing them from learning to navigate the world with the information at hand to do so in way they can manage.

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