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once you are adult you can claim “oh my freedom” and all that stuff… kids have no such luxury, it is on parents/teachers/community/policy/… to get them as best we can to adulthood and hence these two are not comparable. should we let kids snort coke during recess might be though (we don’t)


Banning something that you ban for adults as well is defensible. Insisting kids follow a standard of "healthy" that you won't apply to yourself smacks of hypocrisy and bullying.


you cannot possibly be serious, right? no “learn from my mistakes eh?”

if I am a heavy smoker, heavy drinker etc I have to make sure my 11-year old lights up with me and cracks open a bottle after a long day in school…?

still hoping you are joking though…


They're not making the argument you think they are.

They are saying leaving by example is a good tool. They are not saying that every single rule must be symmetric


> Insisting kids follow a standard of "healthy" that you won't apply to yourself smacks of hypocrisy and bullying.

don’t think you are following or reading…


I thought we are talking about cellphones here. Yeah, a lot of there time hypocrisy exists.

Hence, leading by example is a good tool.

You're the only one trying to apply to every single edge case imaginable.

No, you don't have to stop driving a car either just because you won't let your toddler take the wheel.




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