Yup. I have no filters at home and my parenting policy is, “let’s talk about it.” I don’t understand why that’s so radical. They’re going to see it eventually, I’d prefer for it to happen when they’re young enough to still come to me about it.
I’ve had talks with my oldest about nuclear warfare (gave him nightmares without any pictures needed) because he was joking about nukes. I didn’t to into details, but when I said if the bomb dropped near our city, everyone, including us would die, he got the picture. We’ve talked about the Russia Ukraine war and Palestine Israel war, and I think even at his relatively young age (10), he understands that war isn’t something we should joke about. All of these discussions happened because he saw something on my x screen or heard something at school, and I try to be as thorough as I can for his age.
So parents, instead of blocking stuff, actually talk to your kids. You don’t need to go into graphic detail, but make sure the core ideas get across. My kids don’t want to look up stuff after I explain because they’re satisfied with my answer (I often read articles with them that I know won’t be too graphic).
My kids will likely look up stuff they’re not supposed to, but they’ll do that on a friend’s device instead if I block it, and then they won’t trust me to talk about it.
Turns out people that want to block access to information are generally shit people.
Who would’ve thunk?
Yup. I have no filters at home and my parenting policy is, “let’s talk about it.” I don’t understand why that’s so radical. They’re going to see it eventually, I’d prefer for it to happen when they’re young enough to still come to me about it.
I’ve had talks with my oldest about nuclear warfare (gave him nightmares without any pictures needed) because he was joking about nukes. I didn’t to into details, but when I said if the bomb dropped near our city, everyone, including us would die, he got the picture. We’ve talked about the Russia Ukraine war and Palestine Israel war, and I think even at his relatively young age (10), he understands that war isn’t something we should joke about. All of these discussions happened because he saw something on my x screen or heard something at school, and I try to be as thorough as I can for his age.
So parents, instead of blocking stuff, actually talk to your kids. You don’t need to go into graphic detail, but make sure the core ideas get across. My kids don’t want to look up stuff after I explain because they’re satisfied with my answer (I often read articles with them that I know won’t be too graphic).
My kids will likely look up stuff they’re not supposed to, but they’ll do that on a friend’s device instead if I block it, and then they won’t trust me to talk about it.