I’m so glad I’m not growing up in this age of smartphones, social media, and bullshit generators. Life was hell enough in the 90s without all that noise.

  • @HootinNHollerin
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    244 months ago

    I feel like asking kids that question just gives them the idea that most wouldn’t have had

    • @[email protected]
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      274 months ago

      Definitely not. I know my 14 year old 4chan dwelling ass would have known about this before 99.99% of the population.

      Don’t overestimate teenage innocence, this problem is very much in the public sphere I doubt many teens don’t know about this technology already.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        See but us preteen 4channers make up a minority of the population. My little clan of nerds in a midwestern high school was easily less than 10% of the students.

        • @[email protected]
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          64 months ago

          It’s how info flows though. Your small group of nerds knows, but one of those nerds is good buddys with a football player and tells them. Now they know, they create ai porn of a chearleader, and now everyone knows.

    • @[email protected]
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      64 months ago

      It’s true that there may be some kids who hadn’t thought of it, but I don’t think that’s a good reason not to ask.

      I think 14 is a great age to be talking to kids about these issues. At the very least, they need to understand that nudity can be a big deal where minors are involved. There are charities that give talks about it in schools here. “Don’t share nudes of your friends because it’s a serious crime”.

      Kids absolutely need to know about this as soon as they’re old enough to have a few minutes alone with any electronic device.

      • @Corvidae
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        14 months ago

        Puberty begins as early as 10 in girls and 11 in boys, so 14 may be a little late, at least for some kids.

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          44 months ago

          Yeah, I just meant 14 is not too young rather than 14 is the correct age.

          I’m sure it will be very difficult but my intention with my kids is just to be as open and honest about these sorts of issues as reasonably possible, at any age. I don’t really see why sex and nudity and privacy and respect have to be awkward subjects.

          There was recently a “book burning” type rally in my city where some residents were concerned that there was a book at the library that had sex-related topics available to children. I just don’t get it.