So scenario one has a parent who is paying no attention to their child’s questions, but in scenario 2 they’re suddenly attentive and totally in tune with what their child is doing?
Look, you can’t fix everything for everyone, but a simple explanation for first time setup of a device is not difficult, especially if it was implemented as a national movement (law or otherwise). Absentee parents are still gonna absentee, but it would be a tool that parents who give a shit could really benefit from.
Both scenarios I give involve the parent attempting to address the problem the child has. In the first one, the child had to ask for a way around an age blocker. The parent was never going to say no to the request because they’re not going to make the case that the child “doesn’t deserve to use devices”. You could even theorize that the last part, discovering “HotChat”, happens on their own time.
In the second one, the child was advised to consult an adult before using a chat program. The answer to their problem was a direct refusal - a NO from the parent, and an explanation as to why not to proceed - rather than any form of direct help. I’m even positing this second scenario starts from the child being left to their devices.
I’d need a much more detailed description of what a universal, government-driven, “simple explanation for first time setup” would be, for all operating systems on the market: Forcing all users to make admin accounts, store a password, and then create a child account; and trusting that people won’t take simple paths for it, when most children are granted their own devices.
I’m very much in favor of giving parents tools for those things. But the way security works is, it will always be at war with convenience. As soon as people lean towards shortcuts that circumvent the intent of security (because not everyone’s lives are based around these secure systems), the tight-gripped approach to security fails out. We want parents to choose to learn these tools on their own time, not simply have them presented as a roadblock to access.
So scenario one has a parent who is paying no attention to their child’s questions, but in scenario 2 they’re suddenly attentive and totally in tune with what their child is doing?
Look, you can’t fix everything for everyone, but a simple explanation for first time setup of a device is not difficult, especially if it was implemented as a national movement (law or otherwise). Absentee parents are still gonna absentee, but it would be a tool that parents who give a shit could really benefit from.
Both scenarios I give involve the parent attempting to address the problem the child has. In the first one, the child had to ask for a way around an age blocker. The parent was never going to say no to the request because they’re not going to make the case that the child “doesn’t deserve to use devices”. You could even theorize that the last part, discovering “HotChat”, happens on their own time.
In the second one, the child was advised to consult an adult before using a chat program. The answer to their problem was a direct refusal - a NO from the parent, and an explanation as to why not to proceed - rather than any form of direct help. I’m even positing this second scenario starts from the child being left to their devices.
I’d need a much more detailed description of what a universal, government-driven, “simple explanation for first time setup” would be, for all operating systems on the market: Forcing all users to make admin accounts, store a password, and then create a child account; and trusting that people won’t take simple paths for it, when most children are granted their own devices.
I’m very much in favor of giving parents tools for those things. But the way security works is, it will always be at war with convenience. As soon as people lean towards shortcuts that circumvent the intent of security (because not everyone’s lives are based around these secure systems), the tight-gripped approach to security fails out. We want parents to choose to learn these tools on their own time, not simply have them presented as a roadblock to access.