This whole thing is ridiculous. If the parent is the surrogate account owner, and the parent is the one accessing the account, typing, and creating the posts, then COPPA should not apply to that account. COPPA is meant to enforce that "children themselves" are not directly accessing a website that distributes personal information.

I made that clear on the intro post for the account I will manage for my son until he is older. I am making the posts, he tells me what he wants to say and I am typing it. He will never be on the website by himself.

That is awful that the account you manage for your daughter innocent artwork was locked out, and yet Steemit is filled with crap porn posts of images just stolen off the internet and blasted all over the place here. Simply unfair.