For what it's worth, I get where you're coming from. I wanted to mention that because I see some other comments suggesting that what you're saying doesn't make sense. But it does make sense, and your viewpoint is at least as valid as anyone else's.
The game was originally for kids. And it was good for kids. It developed imagination, encouraged friendships, and got a lot of us reading. It helped latchkey kids who were otherwise raised on television.
Childhood was the kingdom where DnD was born. And now, to know that a popular version of the game isn't suitable for those very same kids, well, it feels like maybe it turned its back on its roots. Like it's no longer there to help those same kids, but rather, maybe it's been sullied somewhat, tarnished by adults who couldn't leave the magic behind for the following generations.
Basically, a parent who wants his kids to enjoy the game, but can't. At least not in this incarnation.
I think that's what's being said, roughly. A lament. A barking at the moon.
Let me get this out of the way before I continue: I do not necessarily argue against some kind of toggle system for those who want to black out the nudity scenes (I know I would like such an option myself as I find the visual nudity rather forced and to be quite honest rather cringy, so they break my immersion pretty much on the spot).
To the point, as great as DnD is for kids (you certainly won't get any argument from me there) - I'd like to remind you that it is just as good for adults. Many adults completely lose their imagination as they grow older, and DnD is a great way to stimulate it which has a long row of health benefits. From increasing the ability to solve problems with creative thinking to lessen depression.
While DnD might originate from a kids' game, there is no good reason it should stay as a kids' game exclusively. I am all for more adult-"friendly" versions of it that can offer things that might be inappropriate for children - be it sexual content (without necessarily being as visual as it is in BG3 - but hey! That too if people like it), violence, psychological horror, corruption, gore and emotionally taxing plots and twists. After all - I believe that DnD should have games aimed at all different ages, including games designed for young kids, teens and adults individually. And while the game does not have to be exclusively for one of these groups, it is very difficult to design games that carter to all of these ages as children, teenagers and adults usually look for different thing in games. It is not impossible, of course, but difficult - and I believe that each company would do well to primarily focus on one of these audiences at the time, and in Larian's case it would be the adult audience.
After all, parents are responsible for supervising what kind of games their children play and while I do not necessarily believe in the age-rating system entirely, BG3 is labelled as adult content and hence "parental control" should not be necessary as I do not believe that parents have the right to force censorship on a grown child. Either you do not allow your child to play adult content games, or you allow it without censoring it. Let me just be clear: this is, of course, nothing more than my personal opinion and as such it is as valid as anyone else's feeling on the matter.
Sooooo... To summarize: I do not believe in the concept (or, more precisely, the nature of the NAME) "parental control" in a game like BG3. HOWEVER, I do not argue that there shouldn't be a option to skip or at least "textify" (DoS2 style) the nude romance content - but I wouldn't call it "parental control" as much as I'd call it something like... Streamer-friendly mode or something similar.
