I didn't mean to use a trigger word. Sorry for any distress I caused you.

Yer mum

People get real offended when you call them a waste of oxygen.

I can't? Or are you calling me a cent?

Woah, woah woah. Slow down there, Captain Strawman. I never said I wanted to rip it out of their face, nor did agree with the other comment! In case it was too long for you to read or comprehend, let me rewrite it: "they are allowed to have facial piercings, I'm allowed to be annoyed by them."

I'm also annoyed by the sun, and car alarms, and people who mispronounce words; I'm not advocating violence against any of those! If the boomers had left housing even somewhat affordable, I'd say get the hell off my lawn...

Education and healthcare one should hope. The issue is time. We need to educate both parents and kids, while leaving the freedoms to choose (unless the choice directly impacts the health of others). So the issue with a lot of this "brain rot" as people call it to me is 1. A bit exaggerated do the not knowing, just a bit though. 2. Parental controls exist, but the parents weren't educated during a time period when these parental controls existed. Sorry kids, but you don't have full freedoms until you turn legal age. Guardians must be taught how to effectively block and monitor what is being consumed and in which formats it is being consumed. Researched well rounded data and not hysteria needs to be well documented and available to everyone. Databases created but not monitized or for profit. These databases should include sites and media sources in groups similar to how we use them in proxy filters for large businesses. Then guardians can choose what groups they want blocked and what hours/limits etc they want on this information and format type. Next comes user suggestions and vetting processes to have new sites or routings added to groups so guardians do not have to be on top of everything everywhere all of the time. If a site is blocked the child should be able to request approval, which then the parental controls apps receives a notification for review so they can click approve which would punch a hole for IP/DNS. Who when and what they are consuming can be easily regulated (some parents may set it to block all data usage during school days and hours and only allow phone calls to direct family/friends for their emergency contacts, that's up to them, but for those who worry about kids using their phone in school, fixed). The next step is educating the kids. How and why things get and keep their attention. Why they can be harmful, how to avoid those things if left up to their own accords. Also as they age, what can be motives behind keeping their attention, money/influence? How that influence impacts purchasing. Poof, we've entered into how to integrate the introduction to marketing into their lectures. Also, how to help their guardians use parental controls for those who have younger siblings. This can bring into many conversations pertaining to security, whether it be information or even authentication methods for accessing data online in a safe and secure manner.

Just some rough thoughts thrown together. If someone fleshes it out, then you create non-profit or .gov site that updates and presents tutorial videos on how to best enact all of this for guardians and populous. Links to the available solutions and most up to date versions for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, standard Linux distros and even routers if the parents are preferring that. It could show them how to block ads at the router to ensure their children are not being influenced by advertisements they don't want their kids to be seeing.

(Some of this can be repurposed obviously) And reused to protect older non technical individuals from accidently stumbling into things families decide aren't best for them. Grandma maybe doesn't like porn adverts, grandpa keeps clicking on silver singles in his area and getting scammed, who knows. Compile, research, make available. No cost. For the benefits of the society