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A recent op-ed by Greg Aguirre in this newspaper made a heartfelt case for protecting children online. As a parent, I share his concern for the dangers our kids face in the digital world. But the solution he proposes, the federal App Store Accountability Act , is not empowerment. It is federal entanglement that risks undermining the very parental authority it claims to strengthen.

Parents are not “in the dark” about their children’s online activity. Every device sold today comes equipped with parental controls, monitoring tools and restrictions that can be tailored to each family’s values. What families need is education and encouragement to use those tools, not another federal mandate that shifts responsibility away from the home and into

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