The Father's and Mother's Position on Communication Media and Guiding the Youth

Question:
Shaykh Salih, in our present time, the communication media have caused confusion for many people and for the Ummah. What is the position of the father and mother regarding these media? And what is your guidance for the youth? May you be rewarded.

Answer:
The position of the father and mother is to raise their children and teach them what benefits them, and to forbid them and keep them away from what harms them, because they are the flock of the father, and the father is a shepherd in his home and is responsible for his flock. So he must protect his children from these devices and from these evils, and he is able to do so. He can raise them to abandon them and to be cautious of them. He is able to do this if he resolves to do so and relies upon Allah, and he takes action with them from a young age before they grow up and become rebellious. If he takes action with them from a young age and progresses with them in this, and commands them with the command of Allah , then he cares for them, commands them to obey, forbids them from sins, and progresses with them little by little. He does not be lenient with them, and he does not leave with them anything that misleads them. He keeps it away from them and clears his home of these matters. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,