Huh? Is your position that poor kids are being somehow oppressed by...not having phones banned? I am honestly baffled what point you're making here.
> the government restricting ad-fueled rage and propaganda machines. Your suggestion for pervasive 18+ tagging is far more intrusive.
In what world is putting the onus on content providers to self-label content intrusive? It's literally an html tag set and it's a existed for decades without offense so far. It doesn't even require government interaction at all - if it's unrated the browser doesn't load it.
I'm tired of parents pearl clutching away my civil liberties so that they don't have to parent. You made the decision to have kids, not me. Take responsibility for it. The entire world doesn't need to bend to make the lives of parents slightly more convenient.