PJ Vogt

It's weird, though, because it's, like, they're watching... I swear to God, I'm not, like, nostalgic and conservative for a pre-Internet era. I like the Internet. I use the Internet. I, like, will defend the Internet to many people.

It's weird, though, because it's, like, they're watching... I swear to God, I'm not, like, nostalgic and conservative for a pre-Internet era. I like the Internet. I use the Internet. I, like, will defend the Internet to many people.

But, you know, if it was 1982 and this PG-13 movie came out that was all about the joys of BDSM or an R-rated movie that teens were sneaking into, like, that's what would have actually happened. then, like, you know, there would have been a concerned PTA meeting, and people would have been like, teens are seeing this, you should have a conversation. Some parents would have tried to restrict it.

But, you know, if it was 1982 and this PG-13 movie came out that was all about the joys of BDSM or an R-rated movie that teens were sneaking into, like, that's what would have actually happened. then, like, you know, there would have been a concerned PTA meeting, and people would have been like, teens are seeing this, you should have a conversation. Some parents would have tried to restrict it.

But, you know, if it was 1982 and this PG-13 movie came out that was all about the joys of BDSM or an R-rated movie that teens were sneaking into, like, that's what would have actually happened. then, like, you know, there would have been a concerned PTA meeting, and people would have been like, teens are seeing this, you should have a conversation. Some parents would have tried to restrict it.

Others would have, like, had the talk, whatever. But you would kind of know the media environment that the smaller people you're trying to help guide into bigger people were in. And so you just have an idea about what conversations you wanted to even try to have. Instead, it's like the teenagers are just in their own internet.

Others would have, like, had the talk, whatever. But you would kind of know the media environment that the smaller people you're trying to help guide into bigger people were in. And so you just have an idea about what conversations you wanted to even try to have. Instead, it's like the teenagers are just in their own internet.

Others would have, like, had the talk, whatever. But you would kind of know the media environment that the smaller people you're trying to help guide into bigger people were in. And so you just have an idea about what conversations you wanted to even try to have. Instead, it's like the teenagers are just in their own internet.

I'd really never appreciated the absurdity of this. Every month, I skim past another idiotic story about a book ban fight at a library somewhere, some politician making hay about a children's book with a trans dad or something. We're fighting about libraries, as if libraries in 2025 are the average kid's go-to source of information.

I'd really never appreciated the absurdity of this. Every month, I skim past another idiotic story about a book ban fight at a library somewhere, some politician making hay about a children's book with a trans dad or something. We're fighting about libraries, as if libraries in 2025 are the average kid's go-to source of information.

I'd really never appreciated the absurdity of this. Every month, I skim past another idiotic story about a book ban fight at a library somewhere, some politician making hay about a children's book with a trans dad or something. We're fighting about libraries, as if libraries in 2025 are the average kid's go-to source of information.

Meanwhile, the smartphone that anybody over 13 needs to participate in the class group text also contains an infinite library of pro-anorexia guides, manosphere tutorials, BDSM misinformation. Conservative parents, progressive parents, most people have ideas about what they think is appropriate for kids and at what age.

Meanwhile, the smartphone that anybody over 13 needs to participate in the class group text also contains an infinite library of pro-anorexia guides, manosphere tutorials, BDSM misinformation. Conservative parents, progressive parents, most people have ideas about what they think is appropriate for kids and at what age.

Meanwhile, the smartphone that anybody over 13 needs to participate in the class group text also contains an infinite library of pro-anorexia guides, manosphere tutorials, BDSM misinformation. Conservative parents, progressive parents, most people have ideas about what they think is appropriate for kids and at what age.

Right now, though, if your kid is on the internet, they're effectively on their own. Which is not to suggest I know the answer to any of this. If there's some policy that could balance free speech online against the industrial smelting of our teenagers' egos, I'd support it. I just don't know that our current crop of politicians is going to find it.

Right now, though, if your kid is on the internet, they're effectively on their own. Which is not to suggest I know the answer to any of this. If there's some policy that could balance free speech online against the industrial smelting of our teenagers' egos, I'd support it. I just don't know that our current crop of politicians is going to find it.

Right now, though, if your kid is on the internet, they're effectively on their own. Which is not to suggest I know the answer to any of this. If there's some policy that could balance free speech online against the industrial smelting of our teenagers' egos, I'd support it. I just don't know that our current crop of politicians is going to find it.

But what I like about social studies, the reason we wanted to make a whole episode about it this week, is because I think most parents just don't fully know what their kids see on the internet. And a series like this, the reason it's valuable, it's not because of its craft or because of which side it supports in the great national phone debate.

But what I like about social studies, the reason we wanted to make a whole episode about it this week, is because I think most parents just don't fully know what their kids see on the internet. And a series like this, the reason it's valuable, it's not because of its craft or because of which side it supports in the great national phone debate.

But what I like about social studies, the reason we wanted to make a whole episode about it this week, is because I think most parents just don't fully know what their kids see on the internet. And a series like this, the reason it's valuable, it's not because of its craft or because of which side it supports in the great national phone debate.