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I might be slightly facetious in my comment.
If I were to be slightly more earnest, I would say that the authoritarian concepts they learn from enforcement of arbitrary restrictions like "no screens in the bedroom" are far more harmful to their well-being than the information they could put on those screens.
The best "tech rule" I could give instill in them is an understanding of the concept of "click bait". The sooner I can immunize them to paywalls and microtransactions, the better.
Your initial comment did not make this clear. I thought you where serious.
Big agree on the have them understand before draconian rules. Though some stuff is just gonna be walled off on my home network.
I mean, I was somewhat serious. Maybe not the "you don't get to know your home address until you're 10 years old" part.
The arbitrary nature of the rules is the problem. I don't want my kids limiting themselves just because they think they are supposed to. If they know and understand the reason for the rule, the rule itself doesn't need to exist.