like

as a parent who is Trying To Do Things right, and thinking about my own experiences as Youth on the internet

my parents absolutely should have looked closer at things, but then again, they also shouldn't have been queerphobic abusive trash, and i'd probably be dead if they had

on the other hand, it was A Lot Harder for things to be a "problem" when everyone's pockets didn't contain an Instant Livestreaming Rectangle, credit cards were far less ubiquitous, scams were far more visible from a distance.....