User blog:Starlight1772/How do I deal with underage children who repeatedly harass admins?

Hi there!

I made a new account after quitting many years ago and I plan to set up a new wiki page. However, I recall the downsides of being an admin on a popular wiki that appealed to youngsters so much. Some users ignore the COPPA law and when I enforced it, those same users ended up making sockpuppet accounts to harass me. Some of them were globally blocked across all wikis, which angered them even more (what they weren't aware of was that only CC admins are capable of doing that, but they assumed it was me, so I got all the blame). While this is very, very rare - I actually got death threats from a person who claimed to be 12 years old too.

In the future, how can I manage defiant users who refuse to play by the rules? It has come to my understanding that it's normal for children to lack emotional maturity, and some people in general will just refuse to comply.