Quote Originally Posted by LianaThorne View Post
That's all valid. My only point is that if you, as a parent, want to do nothing to educate your kid online and expect the internet to 100% always act appropriately and take your specific child in mind when interacting with others, you're delusional.
And I fully agree with your last point.

As an aside, regarding child protection in general: the more I read about this topic, the more I am convinced that wanting to erase ERP under the pretext of protecting children is a bad idea. Certainly well-intentioned (or a troll here, but it doesn't matter); but it risks doing more harm than good.

The aggressive ERP has one advantage: it is visible. Thus making it possible for a third party to intervene. Banning it altogether would not make it go away (... If there is one thing that is a cliché for the human species, it is that we always manage to introduce sex, whatever the content). On the other hand, it might make it transition faster in individual homes - or worse, on Discord, where SE has no authority.

And there, good luck protecting the child from these abuses. Excessive puritanism generally results in the comfort of those who feel assaulted by practices deemed deviant - since they can no longer see them. But rarely does it result in effective protection for those affected by the problem.

One cannot regulate a practice that has been forced underground.