Is it backbiting if a mother tells her husband what their son is doing, such as traveling and other things?

Question : Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), in her second question, she says: She has a son in the middle and high school stages who has companions who call him and go out with him on his trips and nights out. She says: I follow this boy out of fear for him, so I take this news and tell the father. Is this considered backbiting of this boy?

Answer : This is not backbiting. That is, her informing the young man's father about what is happening with him and what is happening to him is advice to his father and to him as well. If she sees deviation in the boy, she should hasten to inform his father so that the problem is resolved before it becomes severe and he is unable to handle it. She should always keep her son in the company of good people. A person is upon the religion of his companion. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (peace and blessings be upon him)
that he is like the companion of the musk carrier, meaning the one who carries perfume; either he gives you some for free, or he sells it to you, or you find a pleasant scent from him. And he likened the bad companion to the bellower of the bellows who blows fire with his bellows; either he burns your clothes or you find a foul smell from him.