> Not sure what invoking children here does for the sake of argumentation.

Because by requiring children, but not adults, to have digital ID as part of a much larger (and pretty terrible) law that is already close to being passed and disguising it as a safeguarding measure they are sneaking it in for some people AND getting the next generation used to it.

> Digital ID is not bad;

The opposition to digital ID is largely coming from people who do think Digital ID is bad.

Digital ID alone is not the endgoal but a system that will encompass every aspect of people's lives, and can be switched off in an instant.