I'm Benjamin, a publishing editor in Sydney. I've always encouraged my 13-year-old daughter Lily to read more, so I bought her a fancy e-reader last Christmas. One Tuesday evening in March, she walked into my study while I was reviewing manuscripts. "Dad, my friend recommended this novel, but… there's some weird stuff in it." My heart sank when I scrolled through the pages. Explicit scenes. Adult themes. This wasn't young adult fiction—it was something far more mature. As someone who reviews manuscripts daily, I could instantly recognize the inappropriate content. But instead of panicking, I took a breath. She came to me. That mattered.
Meet the Cartwright Family Story
Turning a reading crisis into a chance to guide, not control
Our Family's Struggle
Challenge
I felt like I'd failed. Here I was, working in publishing, and I didn't even think about what Lily could access on that e-reader. Online literature has no age gates, no warnings. Just endless content, some of it wildly inappropriate. I didn't want to take away her device—that would kill her love of reading. But I couldn't just let her stumble into more mature content either. The next few days, I kept replaying that moment. What if she hadn't told me? What if she'd felt too embarrassed? I work with books every day, yet I'd never considered how unregulated digital reading platforms are. I needed a way to protect her without shutting down her curiosity. But how?
Solution
A colleague mentioned FamiSafe during our morning coffee. "Ben, you can filter content on tablets too, not just phones." I installed it that weekend. I set up content filters on Lily's tablet and enabled app download approval. But the real change came when I started our weekly book club—just the two of us. Every Sunday night, we'd pick a book together. I recommended *The Hunger Games*, *Harry Potter*, *Percy Jackson*. At first, she rolled her eyes. "Dad, you're being overprotective." But three weeks in, she texted me from school: "Dad, Katniss is SO cool!" Last month, she presented *The Book Thief* at her school reading club. Now she asks me for recommendations. Our bond? Stronger than ever.
The Cartwright Family Today
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Exposure to age-inappropriate content reduced
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Unmonitored app downloads reduced
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Parent-child reading disconnect reduced
What Parents Say
FamiSafe didn't just filter content—it gave me the confidence to guide Lily's reading journey without fear. Now we bond over books, and she trusts me to help her choose wisely.
— Benjamin Cartwright
Father · Sydney, Australia
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