If we prevent our young children from these contemporary means and they engage with them elsewhere, what is the solution?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If we prevent our young children from these contemporary means, they go and engage with them elsewhere. What is our position regarding this, and what is the solution?

The Shaykh:
I heard the answer is that you prevent them. If they are young, they will be prevented while they are young and will not go out. This requires jihad; it requires patience with them; it requires consideration and observation, and no leniency.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
No doubt the society today, as you know, is surging with trials and evils. So if you leave your children to go to the neighbors, to… to their relatives who are not upright, no doubt they will be affected, and it will be difficult for you to guide them and prevent them. This requires patience, strength, and presence, because some fathers are not present in their home except late, or some nights they do not come to their home, and they do not ask about their children, nor do they ask about what is in their home. Yes, even though he is the shepherd of his home. Every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you is responsible for his flock. The head of the household is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. Yes.