Digital Parenting

In light of the increasing connection of contemporary life with artificial intelligence, the rapid pace of technological development, and the increased risks and harms resulting from it, such as exposure to harmful content, online bullying, pornography, and explicit sexual messages, despite the advantages we enjoy that accompany it and the new opportunities it provides in various areas of daily life, With the increased use of electronic media, especially by children. Given that the family is the primary institution for raising these children; There was a necessary need to shed light on one of the modern terms, which was developed recently as a result of the magnitude of the global challenges facing children’s mental and physical health, and its effects on the emergence of personality disorders and social communication disorder, especially when these tablets occupy a large area of their time and focus in a way that may affect their minds. And their behaviors, which is “digital parenting,” is an attempt to identify the interactive process that takes place between children, parents, and various digital devices with their various applications, leading these children to rational electronic leadership, which confronts harmful behaviors and aims to create useful content. Hence, this research paper aimed to identify the concept of digital parenting, the necessity and importance of parents acquiring its skills, and the need to train them in it. From this standpoint, we extend an invitation to researchers and specialists in the field of mental health, counseling and psychotherapy. To research, address, and provide serious theoretical as well as advisory and therapeutic contributions on this pristine concept, which has not received attention, research, or study in previous Arab psychological literature. In this review, we have presented a set of recommendations and proposed research that may open up future research horizons and avenues for researchers and those interested.