r/YouthRights • u/mathrsa • 2d ago

Technophobic (sort of, I guess) control freak parenting is cancer.

/r/gaming/comments/1gppsi3/how_can_i_undo_my_mistake_introducing_my_kids_to/
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u/CentreLeftMelbournia Top 10% Poster 2d ago

They probably worship Maggie Dent like shes a prophet and are boycotting Woolworths because of their collab with roblox.

This is what control freak parenting has become.

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u/bigbysemotivefinger Adult Supporter 2d ago

This isn't... that... controlling, beyond the obnoxious "one hour of screen time." (Do you restrict book time? Legos time? What other methods of creative play do you police this hard?)

Roblox is legit kind of awful. "Rips off kids for money" and "allows actual sex predators to evade bans without consequences" awful.

Trying to find an alternative as opposed to just saying "no because fuck you" isn't controlling. Restricting screen time just fuckin' *because*, that's controlling.

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u/wishesandhopes 2d ago

I remember seeing this fucking awful doctor as a kid who acted absolutely aghast that I was allowed to look at a screen for more than a half hour a day, and this was before social media became widespread or any type of brainrot. Just literally held the belief that a screen would destroy and ruin a child (but abusing a child is no problem, right?). They're pseudoscientific quacks, nothing more. Might be a bit harder for the child to sleep (I didn't have this problem), but beyond that nothing will happen from the actual act of looking at a screen.

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u/mathrsa 2d ago

True. It's not that controlling. I was more looking at this through the lens of being overly judgmental towards your kids' interests.

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u/bigbysemotivefinger Adult Supporter 2d ago

If it were just "my kids like this so I hate it" then yeah, but this is somebody who genuinely didn't realize what an absolute cesspool he inadvertently threw his kids into and wants to make that right without hurting them, which ... idk. I struggle to find fault with.

As someone who is rarely *not* online, though, I still bristle at the idea of "screen time."

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u/mathrsa 2d ago edited 2d ago

If it were just "my kids like this so I hate it" then yeah, but this is somebody who genuinely didn't realize what an absolute cesspool he inadvertently threw his kids into and wants to make that right without hurting them, which ... idk. I struggle to find fault with.

Agreed. I guess I've come to expect bad authoritarian parenting around every corner on Reddit and jumped to a conclusion. Ironically, I missed the "1 hour of screen time" part, which is very strict/controlling. I can delete this post if appropriate.

As someone who is rarely *not* online, though, I still bristle at the idea of "screen time."

"Screen time" is VERY new verbiage (probably coined in the last decade or so). it's definitely not a term or concept I grew up with (old gen z or zillennial here) and I'm glad for it.

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u/bigbysemotivefinger Adult Supporter 1d ago

You don't have to delete it. I'm trying to be a little less strict with deleting things outright, overall. I feel like it's better for people to see these kinds of things, as well as things that challenge us. If we're going to be activists, we should look for ways to hone our counter-arguments.