India, Dec. 7 -- Australia's decision to ban social media for children under 16 has struck parents worldwide like lightning. For many, our immediate reaction was a fierce, instinctive nod of agreement. We have all watched the light fade from our children's eyes as they doom-scroll through Tik Tok feeds. We have fought nightly battles over surrendered phones. We have worried about cyberbullying following them into bedrooms and impossible beauty standards greeting each morning. The notion that governments could simply step in and declare "Enough" feels, for a fleeting moment, like rescue.

Yet when the dust settles and we gaze upon our own children digital natives who never knew a world without connection the relief begins to curdle into do...