And while yes, there were plenty of bullshit urban legends and propaganda pieces (generally from ones own government) out there, 'plenty' was still a rather limited number.
I'm not sure how old your kid is, but once they reach the age of infinite recursion 'why' loops you'll quickly learn that you don't have the time and energy to fend off the firehose of falsehood and will succumb to the bullshit asymmetry principle and realize that the internet can feed your kid crap much faster than you can even reply to if you don't moderate their access.
The question is, "Is quantity a quality itself?"
And while yes, there were plenty of bullshit urban legends and propaganda pieces (generally from ones own government) out there, 'plenty' was still a rather limited number.
I'm not sure how old your kid is, but once they reach the age of infinite recursion 'why' loops you'll quickly learn that you don't have the time and energy to fend off the firehose of falsehood and will succumb to the bullshit asymmetry principle and realize that the internet can feed your kid crap much faster than you can even reply to if you don't moderate their access.