Arab Parents and Teenagers: Living on Different Planets

Sarah El Nabulsi opens with a striking observation: parents in the Arab world are operating on a fundamentally different belief system from the reality their teenagers are actually living — and that gap, left unbridged, forces teenagers to face modern challenges entirely alone. She argues that parents remain the most powerful influence in their teenager's life, but only if that bridge is built. She also addresses social media oversight and why parents need to guide rather than control, given that the adolescent prefrontal cortex is still developing.