The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department warned of the danger of children photographing their parents and publishing the photos among their friends, which results in many harms in the “internet community,” including: revealing family privacy, exploitation and luring, and allowing strangers to know the details of the child’s life, in addition to the ease of exposure to blackmail. Email. Meanwhile, social workers and family counselors have warned of the danger of publishing family privacy, whether pictures or news, on social media, and making it available to the public for viewing, as this results in many social problems that may sometimes lead to the destruction of the family, or the theft of the home. . They called on parents to tighten family control over their children while using social media.
In detail, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department confirmed the danger of children photographing their parents and publishing the pictures among their friends, noting that this behavior results from weak family control, the desire to show off and brag among friends about private property, without taking into account the privacy of the home, and the child’s low level of awareness and awareness. And gain satisfaction and acceptance from the group of friends. The harmful effects of these actions include the ease of exploitation and luring by some abnormal groups in the virtual world, spreading privacy, and allowing strangers to know the details of a child’s life, which puts him at risk, in addition to the ease of being exposed to electronic blackmail.
The department explained that preventing and protecting children from committing these behaviors includes raising the child’s level of awareness about the danger of transmitting details of their private lives, educating children about the methods of electronic blackmail, and the danger of knowing the private location of the home or its details, which may expose them to direct and indirect assault from others. Before strangers, pointing to the important role of educational institutions in educating children about the importance of privacy.
She pointed out that this behavior results in issues that take multiple forms, including children publishing part of their privacy, such as photographing the family and home details, direct broadcasting of some private occasions that cannot be published among a group of friends, sharing their diaries with their details, and in the company of the assistant worker or the private driver, with the appearance of Some behaviors, such as sitting on the driver’s leg while driving in the street, sitting next to the driver without a seat belt, dancing and singing with the helper category, and other behaviors that do not fit with the general custom in society, and pose a danger to the child, with his spontaneity and loss of consciousness and awareness. Because of his young age.
She called on parents to tighten control over their children while using social media.
“Video and photos”
Social workers and family counselors, Muhammad Mazen, Laila Bakr, Manar Yassin, and Aisha Musa, warned of the danger of social media obsession being transmitted from young people to children, as many children who are not more than ten years old, or at most twelve years old, now have accounts on applications. Social media platforms, and they publish “video and photo” excerpts from their daily social and family activities inside and outside the home, using their smartphones.
They pointed out that children began to enter and engage in these sites in imitation of their parents, and they photograph and publish everything and anything they encounter, without distinguishing between public and private, what is allowed to be published and what falls within the scope of privacy and family secrets, in addition to the fact that children imitate their parents in using these sites. sites significantly, which may put them at risk of being exposed to the negative effects of those sites in the future.
They warned that social networking sites have begun to play an important role in people’s lifestyle at the present time, as their users can interact without limits with others and publish any type of pictures and information, which greatly affects the nature of social relationships, especially family ones. , to its users, pointing out the importance of tightening parental control, and the importance of the role of educational institutions in raising awareness and guiding children and adolescents, conducting research, and conducting training courses and seminars for students’ families.
For his part, the family advisor and professor of Islamic culture and Emirates society, Dr. Saif Al-Jabri, said, “Children’s use of social networking sites has become a cyclical task that consumes many hours of their day, between publishing pictures, information, and personal news in public, and going beyond that to publishing family privacy without understanding.” Or awareness of the seriousness of this, and social networking sites expose the child to many problems, as a result of his communication with strangers, in addition to most children being exposed to bullying and verbal violence, and the occurrence of cases of anxiety and depression among them.”
While the social specialist, Magda Samir, pointed out that people publishing their privacy on social media causes social and family problems, and that children doing this increases the problems resulting from it, as children publish pictures and broadcast live, without informing their families, which It causes private scenes and parts of the house to appear in front of everyone, indicating that the security of homes is no longer linked to the walls surrounding them, closed doors, or drawn curtains, and privacy is now revealed through phone cameras, which has caused the demolition of many family entities.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at the College of Engineering, Abu Dhabi University, Dr. Murad Al Rajab, emphasized the importance of educating parents about the dangers of the Internet to children through seminars, courses and educational workshops that local community institutions must take the initiative to undertake. Parents must also strive to reduce the risk of children being exposed to certain behaviors online, such as limiting the publication of daily images that can be exploited, and avoiding creating video pages that may expose children to misuse and lure them into actions with undesirable consequences, in addition to the need for parents to instruct children not to share personal information. , such as full names, dates of birth, phone numbers or home addresses.
early childhood
While the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority stated that about 66% of families in the Emirates do not impose restrictions on the content to which their children are exposed to on social media platforms and the Internet, indicating that child development in early childhood contributes effectively to improving the conditions for their future, as children who benefit From early childhood programs, their IQ increases by more than 11 points, their risk of developing chronic diseases decreases by between 20% and 50%, and their probability of needing special education decreases by 50%, while their probability of graduating from high school increases by 33%, and increases They are twice as likely to obtain a skilled job, 50% less likely to have drug or alcohol problems, their average monthly income increases by more than 30%, and their risk of obesity decreases by two times, in addition to a lower rate of exposure to and engagement in behaviors that are contrary to societal values.
Protection of children
The Abu Dhabi Children’s Authority, as part of the Takween Summer Program, launched the first guide of its kind in the country to protect children on the Internet in early childhood, with the aim of providing comprehensive guidance for dealing with potential threats and risks that children may face in early childhood, during their use of social networking sites and applications. Social media, electronic games, and other digital content.
The “Parents’ Guide to Protecting Children on the Internet in Early Childhood” aims to help parents understand the ways in which they can support their children by providing them with safe, organized and healthy activity on the Internet in their early years, and to also help parents understand the expected threats and potential risks as a result of Their children’s use of the Internet and electronic games, such as cyberbullying and online child abuse, and ways to properly deal with and report them.
. “Abu Dhabi Judiciary”: The behavior results from weak family control, and the desire to show off and brag among friends about private property.
. 66% of families do not impose restrictions on what their children watch on social media platforms.
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