«Help, our daughter only lives in the virtual world!»

Our daughter, 13, watches YouTube videos for hours on end, plays games that I don't even know half of, and chats in WhatsApp groups. She argues that she communicates with lots of people online and doesn't want to isolate herself. I would like her to spend more time in "real life" and meet her friends in real life. Am I old-fashioned?

This is what our team of experts says:

Our team of experts:
Nicole Althaus, 49, is editor-in-chief of magazines, member of the editorial board of "NZZ am Sonntag", columnist and author. She initiated and managed the mum blog on "Tagesanzeiger.ch"
and was editor-in-chief of "wir eltern". Nicole Althaus is the mother of two children aged 18 and 14.
Stefanie Rietzler is a psychologist, author ("Erfolgreich lernen mit ADHS") and runs the Academy for Learning Coaching in Zurich. www.mit-kindern-lernen.ch
Peter Schneider, 59, works as a psychoanalyst and columnist in Zurich. Until 2017, he was Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in Bremen; he currently teaches the history and theory of psychoanalysis in Berlin.

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