parents have 0 clue and there is no place they can go to get a tl;dr on things like the soysphere and how it connects to grooming
I disagree there, but it does require some level of digging. Shit on turkey tom as much as you would like, but he is a rather accessible way to get a tl;dr on what internet weirdos have known for years.
Do people actually go out of their way to think like that though? No. I personally believe that most people who have children don't even care about them, its nothing more than a fashion symbol or a pet for them. I don't know how else you can explain this abhorrent behavior and willful ignorance.
Then their kid, while sleeping over at that other kid's house- the one with the even dumber, shittier parents - can dare his friends to look it up and they can chat and watch gore or goad trannies to kill themselves on livestream or whatever.
One off incidents like these are not the biggest problem in my opinion. They have an effect and are bad, but situations like this school shooting require years of grooming and drowning yourself in these types of people to achieve. That's the problem, nobody ever gets involved after the first incident.
A kid who sees a cartel video or tells someone on the brink of death to kill themselves isn't going to start idolizing it or behaving like that after one incident. An involved parent can cut them off from a shitty kid who is encouraging it if they do talk to their kid. Bad behavior usually shows itself over time before it gets to points like these.
These parents willfully let their children stick around bad influences for years and then get shocked when they do horrible things, all because they refused to stay involved, in touch, or aware of what's going on.
This all ignores the fact that every single kid has access to a school-given iPad or computer nowadays. That they can take home and need to use for homework.
I know this, this is why i think things will continue to get worse until parents actually grow a spine and fight back against this type of indoctrination. Personally, I will fight tooth and nail to ensure my child isn't forced to use the internet before they're ready for it.
I hope that the Gen Z will be so aware of the internet and its problems that they will be able to make responsible social rules for how, or ideally if, the youth interact with it. It'll probably take a couple generations before we get real change, I hold out hope for then.