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Parents as the example: your own screen habits
Children follow what they observe in their parents. Guidance on adopting oneself the habits of worship, moderation and attentiveness one desires in one's children.
Resources
Real Talk Canada — Challenges to Families
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Real Talk Canada — Challenges to Families
Al Islam (Official)
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Al Islam — Social media library
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Review Of Religions — family and society
Review of Religions
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Islamic Teachings for Ideal Family Life
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The Holy Prophet's (sa) Kindness to Children
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Devotion of Life
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Family Life — Islamic teachings on the home
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God, Man and Machine: Servant, Not Master
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Verified guidance from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
Directly sourced from Friday Sermons, Q&A sessions and official publications — no paraphrasing.
Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon
Children copy their home environment — including its screen habits
“If the parents are virtuous, observe the Salat, read and recite the Holy Quran... then the children under their influence will adopt virtues... And even within the home they should keep an eye on the programs that they watch on television or their Internet usage.”
Baitul Futuh Mosque, London · 2013-12-13
Verified source
Publication: Al Fazl International, 3 January 2014
- TextAl Islam (Official)https://www.alislam.org/book/social-media/role-of-parents-in-training-of-children/
Khalifatul Masih V · Guidance to the National Amila (executive) of Finland
'Do not lose your own children while attempting to reform others'
“Do not lose your own children while attempting to reform others. That should be our foremost concern.”
Finland (virtual meeting) · 2021-11-07
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Publication: Al Hakam, 12 November 2021
Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor
Parents must watch children's mobile phone time — and explain why, with kindness
“It is the duty of the parents as well that they should watch that their children are not spending too much time on mobile phones and make them realise, with love and kindness, that they have a purpose and they should try to achieve that purpose instead of wasting their time on online games.”
MTA studios (mulaqat broadcast) · 2025-12-12
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Publication: MTA News, 12 December 2025; cited in Review of Religions
- VideoMTA Internationalhttps://www.mta.tv/news/120717/this-week-with-huzoor-12th-december-2025
- TextThe Review of Religionshttps://www.reviewofreligions.org/47816/phones-a-love-hate-relationship/
Khalifatul Masih V · Waqf-e-Nau Class
Love of Allah cannot grow alongside TV-drama obsession
“If the worldly desire increases so that one is engrossed in TV dramas and the Internet and is late in offering Salat, then love for Allah cannot develop. Gaining this love requires sacrifice of desires.”
Masjid Baitur Rasheed, Germany · 2011-10-08
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Publication: Al Fazl International, 6 January 2012
Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon
Modesty is not what television and the internet now define it to be
“The latest inventions such as TV and Internet have redefined the historically established standards of modesty... The standard of modesty of an Ahmadi is not how it is shown on TV and the Internet.”
Baitul Futuh Mosque, London · 2010-01-15
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Publication: Al Fazl International, 5 February 2010
- VideoAl Islam (Official)https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2010-01-15.html
- TextAl Islam (Official)https://www.alislam.org/book/social-media/believer-shuns-all-that-is-vain/
Trusted online-safety guidance
Verified advice on this topic from recognised child online-safety organisations.
Internet Matters
Keep Children Safe Online: Information, advice, support
“Working with online experts, we're here to provide parent, carers and professionals with advice and support to keep children safe online”
https://www.internetmatters.org/
NSPCC
Talking to your child about online safety
“Sometimes you might be worried about what your child's doing online or who they're speaking to, but not know how to talk to them about it. We've got advice to help.”
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety/
Common Sense Media
Online Safety — Parenting, Media, and Everything in Between
“Get advice about Online Safety from Common Sense Media editors.”
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/online-safety
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