Parental control .. Protection Shield! – Taghreed Ibrahim Al -Tasan
Taghreed Ibrahim Al -Tasan
In a time when the boundaries that separate reality and the digital world are no longer clear, the presence of parents in the life of their virtual children has become no less important than their existence in their daily lives.
The child in the electronic games space is not only an innocent entertainment as we think, but it crosses to a wide world full of opportunities, but it is also fraught with risks that need vigilance and awareness.
Hence the importance of parental control as a fence that preserves the innocence of children and directs them towards the optimal use of technology.
Activating parental control systems is neither a restriction nor a stone for children’s freedom, but rather a safety valve that allows them to enjoy their games in a clean environment free from unwanted communication with strangers, and away from the negative contents that may spoil their emerging minds.
Your presence as a father or as a mother alongside your son, and you are following his digital interests and directions, gives him a sense of safety and trust, and confirms that his freedom is surrounded by love and care, not by imposing and restricting.
Experiments have proven that the greatest threat to children in the digital world does not come from the same games, but rather from the back windows that allow them to communicate.
How many children have lost his innocence due to a hurtful word or a mockery in a group game, and how many others found himself in a conversation with an unknown person who carried him instead of friendship?!
With the activation of patriarchal censorship, these practices can be discovered early and deal with them wisely, before turning into long -term psychological or criminal scars.
In this context, it is worth praising the initiative of the Public Authority for Media Regulation, which launched the awareness campaign on the importance of parental control and activating its systems, stressing the role of parents as a knife in protecting their children from digital risks.
This campaign reflects a sophisticated institutional awareness that today’s education is no longer limited to the walls of the house or school, but rather extended to the Internet spaces that need to be directed and controlled.
This national initiative is not just a theoretical invitation, but rather a practical motivation for parents to use the tools available to them, and take advantage of modern technologies that allow content control, control of communication and determine the times of use. It is a paid hand from the state to the family to say: We are not only partners in development, but also partners in protecting the new generation from any threat that affects its psychological and intellectual security.
And when patriarchal control turns from a mere individual procedure into a general culture supported by institutions, its impact goes beyond the house to the entire society. A child who grows up in a conscious environment realizes since his childhood that freedom is a responsibility, and that safety is an inaccurate value, becomes more able to protect himself later, and more aware of the use of technology in a positive way that adds to him that he does not detract.
Therefore, the activation of patriarchal control systems is not only an educational duty, but rather a social commitment that guarantees that children arise in a balanced atmosphere, which combines the pleasure of playing and the benefit of learning, between freedom and control, and between the virtual world and reality.
It is a shared responsibility that starts from the home and integrates with the institutional efforts, as well as the initiative of the General Authority for Media Regulation, which deserves every appreciation and praise.
The child does not need an advanced device as much as he needs parents present in their heart and mind, making a safety umbrella for him to protect and direct him.
Parental control is not a controlled tool, but a language of love and reassuring message that says to the son: “We are here for you, to open the sections of safety for you before the doors of entertainment.” It is the step that makes teams and gives our children the childhood they deserve, a safe childhood in a rapidly changed world.
