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  1. Another thought I've been sitting with lately is about EU. Von der Leyen proposed banning social media accounts for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s across the EU. No accounts under 13. No personal accounts under 15. Period.

    My first reaction was, honestly, relief. I have a twelve-year-old nephew who asked for Instagram last Christmas, and my sister has been agonizing over it for months. She's not a luddite, but she just doesn't want him to spend his early adolescence being algorithmically optimized for outrage and insecurity. The data on teen mental health isn't pretty. We all know this. We've all seen it.

    But then I sat with it a bit longer, and a different feeling crept in.

    I grew up on the early internet. I was on forums at thirteen, pretending to be older, learning HTML because I wanted a cool personal page. It was messy. It was unsupervised. It was also formative in ways I can't easily articulate. The internet was where I found my people when my physical world didn't have any. And I don't think that's a small thing.

    The EU's proposal is part of a broader push, alongside new rules on AI and children's online safety. Von der Leyen framed it around "children's online safety" and it's clearly a response to genuine parental anxiety. And I do think the platforms have earned this. They've spent a decade designing addictive products and hiding behind "we're just a tool" arguments while their internal research told a different story.

    But I keep coming back to the implementation question. How do you verify age without building a de facto digital ID infrastructure? What happens to the queer kid in a small town who finds community online because their offline world is hostile? What happens to the kid who's just curious and wants to learn things? A blanket ban might protect some kids while isolating others in ways we haven't thought through.

    I don't have a clean answer here. I'm genuinely torn. But I'm glad it's being debated seriously, and I'm glad the EU is actually doing something instead of just publishing another report. The conversation is worth having. I'm just not sure the blunt instrument is the right one.

    I'd genuinely love to hear what people think about this one. Especially any parents or educators here.

    #eu #eupol #socialmedia #instagram #twitter #facebook #surveillance #academia #parenting #europe #technology

  2. Another thought I've been sitting with lately is about EU. Von der Leyen proposed banning social media accounts for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s across the EU. No accounts under 13. No personal accounts under 15. Period.

    My first reaction was, honestly, relief. I have a twelve-year-old nephew who asked for Instagram last Christmas, and my sister has been agonizing over it for months. She's not a luddite, but she just doesn't want him to spend his early adolescence being algorithmically optimized for outrage and insecurity. The data on teen mental health isn't pretty. We all know this. We've all seen it.

    But then I sat with it a bit longer, and a different feeling crept in.

    I grew up on the early internet. I was on forums at thirteen, pretending to be older, learning HTML because I wanted a cool personal page. It was messy. It was unsupervised. It was also formative in ways I can't easily articulate. The internet was where I found my people when my physical world didn't have any. And I don't think that's a small thing.

    The EU's proposal is part of a broader push, alongside new rules on AI and children's online safety. Von der Leyen framed it around "children's online safety" and it's clearly a response to genuine parental anxiety. And I do think the platforms have earned this. They've spent a decade designing addictive products and hiding behind "we're just a tool" arguments while their internal research told a different story.

    But I keep coming back to the implementation question. How do you verify age without building a de facto digital ID infrastructure? What happens to the queer kid in a small town who finds community online because their offline world is hostile? What happens to the kid who's just curious and wants to learn things? A blanket ban might protect some kids while isolating others in ways we haven't thought through.

    I don't have a clean answer here. I'm genuinely torn. But I'm glad it's being debated seriously, and I'm glad the EU is actually doing something instead of just publishing another report. The conversation is worth having. I'm just not sure the blunt instrument is the right one.

    I'd genuinely love to hear what people think about this one. Especially any parents or educators here.

    #eu #eupol #socialmedia #instagram #twitter #facebook #surveillance #academia #parenting #europe #technology

  3. Another thought I've been sitting with lately is about EU. Von der Leyen proposed banning social media accounts for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s across the EU. No accounts under 13. No personal accounts under 15. Period.

    My first reaction was, honestly, relief. I have a twelve-year-old nephew who asked for Instagram last Christmas, and my sister has been agonizing over it for months. She's not a luddite, but she just doesn't want him to spend his early adolescence being algorithmically optimized for outrage and insecurity. The data on teen mental health isn't pretty. We all know this. We've all seen it.

    But then I sat with it a bit longer, and a different feeling crept in.

    I grew up on the early internet. I was on forums at thirteen, pretending to be older, learning HTML because I wanted a cool personal page. It was messy. It was unsupervised. It was also formative in ways I can't easily articulate. The internet was where I found my people when my physical world didn't have any. And I don't think that's a small thing.

    The EU's proposal is part of a broader push, alongside new rules on AI and children's online safety. Von der Leyen framed it around "children's online safety" and it's clearly a response to genuine parental anxiety. And I do think the platforms have earned this. They've spent a decade designing addictive products and hiding behind "we're just a tool" arguments while their internal research told a different story.

    But I keep coming back to the implementation question. How do you verify age without building a de facto digital ID infrastructure? What happens to the queer kid in a small town who finds community online because their offline world is hostile? What happens to the kid who's just curious and wants to learn things? A blanket ban might protect some kids while isolating others in ways we haven't thought through.

    I don't have a clean answer here. I'm genuinely torn. But I'm glad it's being debated seriously, and I'm glad the EU is actually doing something instead of just publishing another report. The conversation is worth having. I'm just not sure the blunt instrument is the right one.

    I'd genuinely love to hear what people think about this one. Especially any parents or educators here.

    #eu #eupol #socialmedia #instagram #twitter #facebook #surveillance #academia #parenting #europe #technology

  4. Another thought I've been sitting with lately is about EU. Von der Leyen proposed banning social media accounts for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s across the EU. No accounts under 13. No personal accounts under 15. Period.

    My first reaction was, honestly, relief. I have a twelve-year-old nephew who asked for Instagram last Christmas, and my sister has been agonizing over it for months. She's not a luddite, but she just doesn't want him to spend his early adolescence being algorithmically optimized for outrage and insecurity. The data on teen mental health isn't pretty. We all know this. We've all seen it.

    But then I sat with it a bit longer, and a different feeling crept in.

    I grew up on the early internet. I was on forums at thirteen, pretending to be older, learning HTML because I wanted a cool personal page. It was messy. It was unsupervised. It was also formative in ways I can't easily articulate. The internet was where I found my people when my physical world didn't have any. And I don't think that's a small thing.

    The EU's proposal is part of a broader push, alongside new rules on AI and children's online safety. Von der Leyen framed it around "children's online safety" and it's clearly a response to genuine parental anxiety. And I do think the platforms have earned this. They've spent a decade designing addictive products and hiding behind "we're just a tool" arguments while their internal research told a different story.

    But I keep coming back to the implementation question. How do you verify age without building a de facto digital ID infrastructure? What happens to the queer kid in a small town who finds community online because their offline world is hostile? What happens to the kid who's just curious and wants to learn things? A blanket ban might protect some kids while isolating others in ways we haven't thought through.

    I don't have a clean answer here. I'm genuinely torn. But I'm glad it's being debated seriously, and I'm glad the EU is actually doing something instead of just publishing another report. The conversation is worth having. I'm just not sure the blunt instrument is the right one.

    I'd genuinely love to hear what people think about this one. Especially any parents or educators here.

    #eu #eupol #socialmedia #instagram #twitter #facebook #surveillance #academia #parenting #europe #technology

  5. Another thought I've been sitting with lately is about EU. Von der Leyen proposed banning social media accounts for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s across the EU. No accounts under 13. No personal accounts under 15. Period.

    My first reaction was, honestly, relief. I have a twelve-year-old nephew who asked for Instagram last Christmas, and my sister has been agonizing over it for months. She's not a luddite, but she just doesn't want him to spend his early adolescence being algorithmically optimized for outrage and insecurity. The data on teen mental health isn't pretty. We all know this. We've all seen it.

    But then I sat with it a bit longer, and a different feeling crept in.

    I grew up on the early internet. I was on forums at thirteen, pretending to be older, learning HTML because I wanted a cool personal page. It was messy. It was unsupervised. It was also formative in ways I can't easily articulate. The internet was where I found my people when my physical world didn't have any. And I don't think that's a small thing.

    The EU's proposal is part of a broader push, alongside new rules on AI and children's online safety. Von der Leyen framed it around "children's online safety" and it's clearly a response to genuine parental anxiety. And I do think the platforms have earned this. They've spent a decade designing addictive products and hiding behind "we're just a tool" arguments while their internal research told a different story.

    But I keep coming back to the implementation question. How do you verify age without building a de facto digital ID infrastructure? What happens to the queer kid in a small town who finds community online because their offline world is hostile? What happens to the kid who's just curious and wants to learn things? A blanket ban might protect some kids while isolating others in ways we haven't thought through.

    I don't have a clean answer here. I'm genuinely torn. But I'm glad it's being debated seriously, and I'm glad the EU is actually doing something instead of just publishing another report. The conversation is worth having. I'm just not sure the blunt instrument is the right one.

    I'd genuinely love to hear what people think about this one. Especially any parents or educators here.

    #eu #eupol #socialmedia #instagram #twitter #facebook #surveillance #academia #parenting #europe #technology

  6. Safe Homes, Strong Futures
    A frontline social worker and 16 years leading child protection and safeguarding practice across Australia and New Zealand to turn real case scenarios into honest, practical conversations about what safeguarding actually looks like...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/safe-h

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Documentary #Parenting #Families #SocialSciences #ChildProtection

  7. Safe Homes, Strong Futures
    A frontline social worker and 16 years leading child protection and safeguarding practice across Australia and New Zealand to turn real case scenarios into honest, practical conversations about what safeguarding actually looks like...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/safe-h

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Documentary #Parenting #Families #SocialSciences #ChildProtection

  8. Safe Homes, Strong Futures
    A frontline social worker and 16 years leading child protection and safeguarding practice across Australia and New Zealand to turn real case scenarios into honest, practical conversations about what safeguarding actually looks like...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/safe-h

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Documentary #Parenting #Families #SocialSciences #ChildProtection

  9. Safe Homes, Strong Futures
    A frontline social worker and 16 years leading child protection and safeguarding practice across Australia and New Zealand to turn real case scenarios into honest, practical conversations about what safeguarding actually looks like...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/safe-h

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Documentary #Parenting #Families #SocialSciences #ChildProtection

  10. Safe Homes, Strong Futures
    A frontline social worker and 16 years leading child protection and safeguarding practice across Australia and New Zealand to turn real case scenarios into honest, practical conversations about what safeguarding actually looks like...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/safe-h

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Documentary #Parenting #Families #SocialSciences #ChildProtection

  11. Another thought I've been sitting with lately is about EU. Von der Leyen proposed banning social media accounts for under-13s and personal accounts for under-15s across the EU. No accounts under 13. No personal accounts under 15. Period.

    My first reaction was, honestly, relief. I have a twelve-year-old nephew who asked for Instagram last Christmas, and my sister has been agonizing over it for months. She's not a luddite, but she just doesn't want him to spend his early adolescence being algorithmically optimized for outrage and insecurity. The data on teen mental health isn't pretty. We all know this. We've all seen it.

    But then I sat with it a bit longer, and a different feeling crept in.

    I grew up on the early internet. I was on forums at thirteen, pretending to be older, learning HTML because I wanted a cool personal page. It was messy. It was unsupervised. It was also formative in ways I can't easily articulate. The internet was where I found my people when my physical world didn't have any. And I don't think that's a small thing.

    The EU's proposal is part of a broader push, alongside new rules on AI and children's online safety. Von der Leyen framed it around "children's online safety" and it's clearly a response to genuine parental anxiety. And I do think the platforms have earned this. They've spent a decade designing addictive products and hiding behind "we're just a tool" arguments while their internal research told a different story.

    But I keep coming back to the implementation question. How do you verify age without building a de facto digital ID infrastructure? What happens to the queer kid in a small town who finds community online because their offline world is hostile? What happens to the kid who's just curious and wants to learn things? A blanket ban might protect some kids while isolating others in ways we haven't thought through.

    I don't have a clean answer here. I'm genuinely torn. But I'm glad it's being debated seriously, and I'm glad the EU is actually doing something instead of just publishing another report. The conversation is worth having. I'm just not sure the blunt instrument is the right one.

    I'd genuinely love to hear what people think about this one. Especially any parents or educators here.

    #eu #eupol #socialmedia #instagram #twitter #facebook #surveillance #academia #parenting #europe #technology

  12. Surrogacy Australia Conversations
    Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/surrog

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families

  13. Surrogacy Australia Conversations
    Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/surrog

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families

  14. Surrogacy Australia Conversations
    Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/surrog

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families

  15. Surrogacy Australia Conversations
    Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/surrog

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families

  16. Surrogacy Australia Conversations
    Join Anna McKie in conversation with surrogates and parents who have navigated Australian altruistic surrogacy...

    Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/surrog

    #AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Kids #Family #Parenting #Pregnancy #Families

  17. These updated Family Sharing and Parental Control settings appear ineffective, and I am uncertain whether they are worse than previously. I have configured everything three times, and three times the settings have reverted.

    #iOS #iOS27 #Apple #iPhone #ParentalControl #ParentalControls #Children #Parenting

  18. These updated Family Sharing and Parental Control settings appear ineffective, and I am uncertain whether they are worse than previously. I have configured everything three times, and three times the settings have reverted.

    #iOS #iOS27 #Apple #iPhone #ParentalControl #ParentalControls #Children #Parenting

  19. These updated Family Sharing and Parental Control settings appear ineffective, and I am uncertain whether they are worse than previously. I have configured everything three times, and three times the settings have reverted.

    #iOS #iOS27 #Apple #iPhone #ParentalControl #ParentalControls #Children #Parenting

  20. These updated Family Sharing and Parental Control settings appear ineffective, and I am uncertain whether they are worse than previously. I have configured everything three times, and three times the settings have reverted.

    #iOS #iOS27 #Apple #iPhone #ParentalControl #ParentalControls #Children #Parenting

  21. "An Ode to My Mother"

    When we think about nurture or upbringing, we usually look mostly to the mother 👩‍👧

    What did she do? What didn’t she do? What did she do wrong? Also… why are we angry with her? 😬

    I've certainly done this!

    A thread 🧵

    ⬇️

    #Parenting #Motherhood #Psychology #Feminism #Patriarchy #Misogyny #GenderInequality

  22. "An Ode to My Mother"

    When we think about nurture or upbringing, we usually look mostly to the mother 👩‍👧

    What did she do? What didn’t she do? What did she do wrong? Also… why are we angry with her? 😬

    I've certainly done this!

    A thread 🧵

    ⬇️

    #Parenting #Motherhood #Psychology #Feminism #Patriarchy #Misogyny #GenderInequality

  23. "An Ode to My Mother"

    When we think about nurture or upbringing, we usually look mostly to the mother 👩‍👧

    What did she do? What didn’t she do? What did she do wrong? Also… why are we angry with her? 😬

    I've certainly done this!

    A thread 🧵

    ⬇️

    #Parenting #Motherhood #Psychology #Feminism #Patriarchy #Misogyny #GenderInequality

  24. "An Ode to My Mother"

    When we think about nurture or upbringing, we usually look mostly to the mother 👩‍👧

    What did she do? What didn’t she do? What did she do wrong? Also… why are we angry with her? 😬

    I've certainly done this!

    A thread 🧵

    ⬇️

  25. "An Ode to My Mother"

    When we think about nurture or upbringing, we usually look mostly to the mother 👩‍👧

    What did she do? What didn’t she do? What did she do wrong? Also… why are we angry with her? 😬

    I've certainly done this!

    A thread 🧵

    ⬇️

    #Parenting #Motherhood #Psychology #Feminism #Patriarchy #Misogyny #GenderInequality

  26. Any serious injury on shared paths is concerning...
    84-year-old pedestrian struck by an e-bike being ridden by two teenage boys on a shared path.

    "Margaret Throsby is recovering in hospital after she was hit by an e-bike on a shared path. She suffered a head injury and broken hip after being hit by an e-bike." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/mar

    Pedestrians have lost the footpath for walking after the market decided to fill it up with massive fat motor/bikes steered by juveniles.
    #pedestrians #walking #SharedPathway #walkability #NSW #FootTraffic #MotorisedVehicles #MassiveFatBikes #harm #parenting #supervision #MobilityDesign #motorists #regulation

  27. Any serious injury on shared paths is concerning...
    84-year-old pedestrian struck by an e-bike being ridden by two teenage boys on a shared path.

    "Margaret Throsby is recovering in hospital after she was hit by an e-bike on a shared path. She suffered a head injury and broken hip after being hit by an e-bike." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/mar

    Pedestrians have lost the footpath for walking after the market decided to fill it up with massive fat motor/bikes steered by juveniles.
    #pedestrians #walking #SharedPathway #walkability #NSW #FootTraffic #MotorisedVehicles #MassiveFatBikes #harm #parenting #supervision #MobilityDesign #motorists #regulation

  28. Any serious injury on shared paths is concerning...
    84-year-old pedestrian struck by an e-bike being ridden by two teenage boys on a shared path.

    "Margaret Throsby is recovering in hospital after she was hit by an e-bike on a shared path. She suffered a head injury and broken hip after being hit by an e-bike." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/mar

    Pedestrians have lost the footpath for walking after the market decided to fill it up with massive fat motor/bikes steered by juveniles.
    #pedestrians #walking #SharedPathway #walkability #NSW #FootTraffic #MotorisedVehicles #MassiveFatBikes #harm #parenting #supervision #MobilityDesign #motorists #regulation

  29. Any serious injury on shared paths is concerning...
    84-year-old pedestrian struck by an e-bike being ridden by two teenage boys on a shared path.

    "Margaret Throsby is recovering in hospital after she was hit by an e-bike on a shared path. She suffered a head injury and broken hip after being hit by an e-bike." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/mar

    Pedestrians have lost the footpath for walking after the market decided to fill it up with massive fat motor/bikes steered by juveniles.
    #pedestrians #walking #SharedPathway #walkability #NSW #FootTraffic #MotorisedVehicles #MassiveFatBikes #harm #parenting #supervision #MobilityDesign #motorists #regulation

  30. Any serious injury on shared paths is concerning...
    84-year-old pedestrian struck by an e-bike being ridden by two teenage boys on a shared path.

    "Margaret Throsby is recovering in hospital after she was hit by an e-bike on a shared path. She suffered a head injury and broken hip after being hit by an e-bike." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/mar

    Pedestrians have lost the footpath for walking after the market decided to fill it up with massive fat motor/bikes steered by juveniles.
    #pedestrians #walking #SharedPathway #walkability #NSW #FootTraffic #MotorisedVehicles #MassiveFatBikes #harm #parenting #supervision #MobilityDesign #motorists #regulation

  31. This weekend, I said "Easy peazy, lemon squeezy, I wonder what the opposite of that is."

    MDMRN Twin 1 said, "Hard lime, difficult time."

    I'm going to save that one.

    #Parenting #Silly

  32. This weekend, I said "Easy peazy, lemon squeezy, I wonder what the opposite of that is."

    MDMRN Twin 1 said, "Hard lime, difficult time."

    I'm going to save that one.

    #Parenting #Silly

  33. This weekend, I said "Easy peazy, lemon squeezy, I wonder what the opposite of that is."

    MDMRN Twin 1 said, "Hard lime, difficult time."

    I'm going to save that one.

    #Parenting #Silly

  34. This weekend, I said "Easy peazy, lemon squeezy, I wonder what the opposite of that is."

    MDMRN Twin 1 said, "Hard lime, difficult time."

    I'm going to save that one.

    #Parenting #Silly

  35. This weekend, I said "Easy peazy, lemon squeezy, I wonder what the opposite of that is."

    MDMRN Twin 1 said, "Hard lime, difficult time."

    I'm going to save that one.

    #Parenting #Silly

  36. The Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US about what they think of the controversy surrounding the practice Surrogacy has been thrust into the national spotlight in recent weeks, with both the…

    #wellness #parenting #women

    ‘I wanted to help another fami...

  37. The Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US about what they think of the controversy surrounding the practice Surrogacy has been thrust into the national spotlight in recent weeks, with both the… #wellness #parenting #women

    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

  38. The Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US about what they think of the controversy surrounding the practice Surrogacy has been thrust into the national spotlight in recent weeks, with both the… #wellness #parenting #women

    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

    Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass