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u/Brilliant_Bell4174 1d ago
Remember when this sub was about dank memes?
Yeah I also don't remember
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u/TessMafia 1d ago
There's a lot of games I'd let my kids play, one of them would not be roblox lmao
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u/Trpepper 1d ago
Kids are way safer on GTA online. The worst thing an adult would do on there is try to rip them off on a virtual meth or firearm trafficking deal.
Apparently my nephews know how to convince someone not to pay less than 20% a run. And that’s a pretty baller skill for under 10.
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u/BadadvicefromIT Professional Shitposter 19h ago
GTA is honestly a safer space for kids. An adult space, with real adults, some with their own kids. Roblox is a kid space that has been infiltrated by adults with the worst intentions.
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u/GB_Alph4 19h ago
Roblox be like: we’re safe for kids now shut up or we sue you
PH: ok we will do what is necessary to stop children from getting here at all
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u/Qweeq13 1d ago
Roblox is literally a scam and that's why they don't want any publicity because they are monetizing children's hardwork with 0 compensation to them by stealing anything the kids create using their platform. They just don't want this to get out and basically get outed as the biggest child labor sweatshop factory.
I have no experience having kids but I have more than enough experience with internet.
It just doesn't make sense to me how parents are this clueless when it comes to their children on the web. It just feels neglectful to me, how would you not realize being online is practically the same of your kid spending their time out on the streets these days.
10 times worse in fact at least in the street sexual deviants don't just teleport around them in an instant.
Is it really that hard to look over the shoulder of your children once or twice? Make a separate room or a corner of the house for PCs and put their PC next to yours, make sure the gaming console is in the living room. Remove the webcam in your home and only plug it in when it is obligatory, for school or something.
Aren't millennials parents now, people from my generation? How are the parents still completely oblivious about their children's online activities?
Like if my kid was gambling skins at least I could tell him the influences they watch are scammers there is no winning money in this, after revoking all their allowance, till that Steam account is deleted.
God I hope I'll never have kids, it all sounds like ass cancer to me, why is anyone having these shits.
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u/WeirdCosmologist 1d ago
dude, my sister is literally a millennial, she’s over 30, and her kid is around 5 now. he watches these youtube shorts all the time, and even goes on the google play store on her phone to download random games, the kind filled with ads and bugs that basically rot a kid’s brain. the crazy part is, she knows the consequences, because she’s a doctor, but she still doesn’t stop him. she never argues with him or sets hard rules. the phone is the only way he calms down or sits still to eat.
that’s the real problem underneath it all. kids should never have been exposed to these devices so young, and even later they should be under strict restrictions. a phone should never become the easy way for a parent to leave their kid alone, it’s basically like leaving your child with a snake or a time bomb.
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u/Barlowan (my) Life is a meme 1d ago
There are literally studies that show giving kids phones under age of 13 is damaging to their development. Also all the "only way to make hi m sit still" feels like parenting issue.
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u/HighSaltLevels 20h ago
I feel like when parents complain about smart phones being the "only way to make him sit still," it's usually because the parent doesn't want to spend time with the child. Children demand 100% attention at birth and that number gos down slowly. You can't let the smart phone raise your kid, you have to wait until the kid is smart enough to understand the consequences of his actions before giving him a device with tons of potentially bad consequences.
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u/Proof_Independent400 1d ago
Tell her to WOMAN the fark up and never let him near a mobile device until they are 16!
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u/WeirdCosmologist 1d ago
she tries but i guess the damage has been done already since he throws tantrums like he's about to explode if he does not get the phone when eating.
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u/Proof_Independent400 1d ago
Damage has already been done is a COP-OUT you either go through the hard struggles now and start working on the problem or let your failures compound themselves.
As Perturabo of Olympia said:
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u/WeirdCosmologist 1d ago
true, this is the right approach. gotta double down on restricting his phone usage till he's old enough to understand.
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u/AlmightyChickenJimmy 1d ago
I was totally on board and then you snuck that last sentence in there. Reddit moment
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u/badbrotha 1d ago
Youtube kids is, for the most part fine, with a MINIMAL amount of blocking, reporting, and the like. But if you don't at all, instant cess pool
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u/EquipmentElegant 19h ago
Any game that makes it easy for your child to spend $400 using your card with no verification don’t care about the kids
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u/SilentStock8 1d ago
“Shut up before I ban your ass.”