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Another facet of parenting being taken over by government and tech.

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Government overreach, and a solution looking for a problem.

I 100% agree. Part of the issue that I see is that parents are not
carrying their weight when it comes to this particular issue. Maybe they
don't know how or can't.

I don't think the government should be reaching into this... they should be encouraging parents to get more involved (and maybe holding them accountable)... but I do think there is a problem.

Mike

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Re: Re: Apple rolls out age v
By: Mike Powell to RUG RAT on Sun Mar 29 2026 10:18 am

Another facet of parenting being
taken over by government and tech.

[...snip...]

Government overreach, and a soluti
looking for a problem.

I 100% agree. Part of the issue tha
see is that parents are not
carrying their weight when it comes
this particular issue. Maybe they
don't know how or can't.

I don't think the government should
reaching into this... they should be
encouraging parents to get more
involved (and maybe holding them
accountable)... but I do think there
a problem.

I think the good version of
government's role in this would be
government sponsored classes for
parents combined with some incentive to
get them to take said course, or
providing it for free in some obvious
public way. But of course, they'd
rather capture more public data and
entrench the police state. Same as it
ever was.




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I don't think the government should reaching into this... they should be
encouraging parents to get more involved (and maybe holding them
accountable)... but I do think there a problem.

I think the good version of government's role in this would be government sponsored classes for parents combined with some incentive to get them to take
said course, or providing it for free in some obvious public way. But of course, they'd rather capture more public data and entrench the police state. Same as it ever was.

I think parents in earlier times... like the parents who blamed their kids,
and not the school, when their kid misbehaved and got in trouble in
school... might be more likely to be interested in such assistance.

These days, I doubt you will get much participation in any such class for a multitude of reasons.

I agree that, yes, the government would rather Big Brother it than anything else.


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I think parents in earlier times... like the parents who blamed their

>kids, and not the school, when their kid misbehaved and got in trouble
>in school... might be more likely to be interested in such assistance.

Did parents ever do that? Usually nothing is the kid's fault..
(Except when they are at home..) B)

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Re: Re: Apple rolls out age v
By: Mike Powell to MAX STUBBS on Mon Mar 30 2026 02:30 pm

I think parents in earlier times...
like the parents who blamed their ki
and not the school, when their kid
misbehaved and got in trouble in
school... might be more likely to be
interested in such assistance.

These days, I doubt you will get muc
participation in any such class for
multitude of reasons.

Eh, I've never been big on the whole
"this new generation (insert
criticism)" to be honest, every
generation of people does that and I
think it tends to be wrong. I think
people would go, but you just have to
make it easy for them to do it. People
have busy live and only so much free
time in a day.

But yeah, its a moot point, not gonna
happen anyway.


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I think parents in earlier times... like the parents who blamed their

>kids, and not the school, when their kid misbehaved and got in trouble
>in school... might be more likely to be interested in such assistance.

Did parents ever do that? Usually nothing is the kid's fault..
(Except when they are at home..) B)

My parents used to, unless they really, really thought it wasn't my fault. IIRC, a few of the real troublemakers may have had "not ever my kid's
fault" parents but most of my friends' parents still knew about discipline.

Mike


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These days, I doubt you will get muc participation in any such class for multitude of reasons.

Eh, I've never been big on the whole "this new generation (insert criticism)" to be honest, every generation of people does that and I think it tends to be wrong. I think people would go, but you just have to make it easy for them to do it. People have busy live and only so much free time in a day.

But yeah, its a moot point, not gonna happen anyway.

I am not always big on it, either, but it does seem like there are more
parents today (I am related to at least one) who are quick to blame the teachers when it is their kid causing the problem.

Or maybe I just think there are more today because my parents, and most of
my friends' parents, were not like that. There had to be some very
convincing evidence before they'd take our side over a teacher's.


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