The fact that as a parent you can (reasonably) trust that the age settings for content on your devices are also effective can certainly be part of the ‘education and guidance’.
In practice, as a parent you cannot continuously monitor your child. (they won’t appreciate that either)
You can explain and educate a lot. But you also want to protect them against unsuitable things that they (in their eyes, at least) did not ask for. (a mistake is easily made, the consequences can be major)
Of course you can’t protect your children against everything all the time, but at certain ages they don’t have to know everything and you simply keep things out of their world.
A child has to do so much already. It’s nice if they can explore carefree in a (relatively) safe environment.
Just like small children do in a sandbox in the garden. If all goes well there are no landmines hidden there either. And you don’t leave your scissors lying around when you have an enterprising toddler walking around.
Your 9-year-old is perfectly capable of cutting itself, but is really not allowed to use the circular saw yet. Not even if I have given him an explanation and instruction for a whole day.
The same applies in my view as they get older for the use of other ‘tools’.
Of course, this is different for each child (and parent). However, the companies draw fairly hard limits (age x) and of course also sit on the ‘safe side’.
As a parent, you can still just install that app (ignoring the age block for that specific app)? Gives you the opportunity to discuss possibilities and potential dangers with your child.
[Reactie gewijzigd door NovapaX op 2 maart 2023 17:27]
