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If you think kids won’t route around this then you don’t know kids. Its a political move for desantis to rally his base, nothing more.


The more insidious undertone is that Florida is (or is establishing legal precedence for) policing information access.

If anything is detrimental to the health of a child, it's a restricted worldview.


Like I said, let's wait and see. I don't expect all kids to keep off social media—not all kids stay away from alcohol either—what I'd hope is that a significant enough percentage of them stay off that kids who do stay off have an easier time setting up healthier interaction patterns among their friend groups.




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