Comment by ranguna

That's a fair concern about parental controls in general - many digital solutions are indeed poorly implemented. However, Steam actually has quite good parental controls (check out the sibling comments for examples).

Rather than assuming Steam falls into the same category as other problematic software, I'd suggest checking out Steam's family features before drawing conclusions.

Happy to discuss the specific merits of Steam's parental controls once you've had a chance to look at what Steam actually offers.