Protecting Children in Digital Spaces

My problem started with the COVID19 Lockdowns. All my children needed devices to study online, but we don’t have laptop. My children started to fight each other for my phone to attend their class sessions and to work on their assignments. I insisted that we get for each of my three children a used smartphone. We couldn’t afford purchasing laptops...

My experience is with my little daughter who is just 2.5 years old and with my husband. My husband stays late at work. When he returns home, he is tired and stressed, doesn’t allow our daughter to make noise as he wants to sleep early to wake up early. My daughter stays awake, she remains awake late at night until she falls asleep with the smartphone i...

Hi, my son is 20. He started online gaming a few years ago. Today, it is the only thing he does. He dropped out of university. He does not work and has no real friends. He sits in the room for about 18 hours a day. He stopped going outside the house at all. He neglects his hygiene, wears his pyjamas all the time, does not shower, eats junk food, and is gaini...

I have lost my Son to video gaming and YouTube video watching. He spends ALL his time on his smartphone, PlayStation, and PC. I can barely talk to him. He only wants to be kept alone, immersed in his virtual world. He is 15. I don't recognize him anymore which scares me a lot. He always finishes eating quickly to go straight back to God knows what on hi...

Greetings, i took away the gaming device from my eldest son who is 13 years. His video gaming started as an escape as he was struggling with his social life. His father took it away, but he became emotionally disturbed. At school he was severely bullied which left him lonely. It was hard for him to discuss the issue. Each time we tried to discuses it with hi...

My 12 years son is gaming all the day and late at night while we are all sleeping. His favorite game is Fortnight. After months of gaming, I barely know him. He blatantly lies to me about the time spent gaming and lots of other things. He is not interested in anything at all, just gaming. He can’t listen to me and he can’t even look at me. W...