Look, I get the impulse behind this ban. I really do. My own niece got caught up in some nasty drama on Instagram last year, and it broke my heart to see her crying over comments from kids she barely knows. But here's the thing - banning kids under 16 from social media is like trying to stop a flood by putting a bucket over the faucet. It ignores the real problem. Kids today live their social lives online. Taking that away doesn't teach them how to navigate it safely. It just pushes them into unmonitored corners of the internet where they'll find even worse stuff. I was on MySpace at 13, and yeah, I saw some questionable things. But I also learned how to spot fake news, deal with trolls, and set boundaries. That's real-world training you can't get from a textbook. And honestly? A hard ban just doesn't work. Kids will find ways around it - fake ages, friends' accounts, secret apps. We'd be better off teaching digital literacy, pushing for better platform safety features, and actually talking to our kids about what they're seeing online.

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