Screens & Modern Life

My six-year-old searches for inappropriate content on the phone — what should I do?

Jeel al-Khilafah

The question

I have a boy of six years old.

I discovered that he searches for ugly things on the phone. What do I do?

Our answer

May Allah ennoble you and grant well-being to us and to him.

A child of six — we look at the parents' arrangement and their supervision of their son, and at the parents' care for gradually strengthening his self-monitoring.

We also look at the matter of his company, and at the matter of his having a device in his hands and what he uses it for.

Does he have activities or sports to fill his free time? And what is the parents' style of dealing with the son: firm and tender, harsh and severe, or lenient and soft?

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