Afghanistan, Sept. 17 -- Parents cannot protect children online simply by banning artificial intelligence and social media, and they should not have to do it alone, researchers and community leaders said on Wednesday.
The virtual panel, the first in a series hosted by 3A1Z Stories, focused on how parents can monitor children online without losing their trust.
Sunny Xun Liu, director of research at the Stanford Social Media Lab, said children's needs change with age, and so should parental support. In surveys, she said, American teenagers' top request is that parents stop confiscating phones as punishment, the response families use most. A strong parent-child relationship, she said, is the biggest protective factor against online harm.
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