For the Children....

Can't you see the snake oil salesmen?
If anybody markets any law, regulation or product as "for our children" or "to protect the children" it is enthusiastically embraced and supported. If anyone speaks out against such a product or proposal they must hate children, they want them to suffer.
Get real.
We all want the best for our children, and for children in general. You can't keep them safe by wrapping them in bubble plastic or isolating them from reality. You can't help them become healthy, happy, competent adults by pampering them or giving in to their every desire.
We need to teach them that:
There are winners and losers.
Winning is better.
Losing teaches us to try harder and to improve.
Teach them to be fair and honest, and that not everybody is.
Teach them:
That there are bad and dangerous people and things in the world.
How to avoid what should be avoided.
How to stand up to things that need to be challenged.
Not to follow anyone or anything blindly.
To keep and open mind.
To question things.
How to be self reliant, and to trust their own judgment.
And most importantly, teach them that all things must be earned.