We don't ask recruits for willpower, we design the environment. A lonely 14-year-old versus a system engineered by a thousand people to be un-leave-able is not a fair fight. Barring minors isn't distrust of kids. It's refusing to run that fight.

I quit social media for a year and came back with rules, and the rules taught me more than the ban would have. Same here. A kid who's barred until 18 meets the most persuasive machine ever built on their first unsupervised day. Teach the swim. Don't just fence the pool and call it safety.