The essay this week couldn’t go where this episode goes.
I want to tell you about the evening I walked into my daughter’s room, noticed her close a tab faster than she needed to, and what happened in the conversation that followed. What she told me changed how I think about screen safety, and about what we owe our children when it comes to preparing them for a digital world we didn’t grow up in.
Read this week’s essay: [link]
In this episode:
I share the moment I realized my daughter had ended up somewhere she hadn’t gone looking for,
I talk honestly about the thing most Muslim parents are quietly carrying,
And I walk you through what I told her, and all my kids, about the one tool they already have that no algorithm can take away.
This episode is for the Muslim parent who knows screens are a problem but isn’t sure where to start, and who’s been putting off a conversation they don’t feel equipped to have.
You’re doing better than you think.
With du’a,
Gulnaz, Halal Parenting.
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