<![CDATA[This study aims to recontextualize the role of fathers in modern parenting concepts to protect children’s identities in the digital age. Using a socio-legal approach with an exploratory case study design that integrates a juridical-normative analysis with micro-scale empirical field data from 31 Generation Z respondents, the analysis focused on the influence of parental caregiving variables on father involvement in face-to-face communication to prevent the risk of exposure to LGBT issues on the internet. The research results reveal an anomaly in parenting, evidenced by the physical presence of fathers in the domestic sphere, accounting for 76.13% of time, yet this presence is passive and has not significantly contributed to the protection of children’s digital identities. This is evidenced by children’s low level of knowledge regarding sensitive issues such as LGBT (54.84%) and the scarcity of protective face-to-face communication (60.65%). An analysis using the maqasid al-shariah theory confirms that modern parenting demands a transformation of the father’s role from merely a breadwinner to an egalitarian, collaborative partnership with the mother (co-parenting) in realizing hifz al-nasl and hifz al-din. A comprehensive recontextualizing of responsibilities based on hifz al-nasl and hifz al-din serves as a safeguard to protect children amidst value disorientation in the digital space.]]>
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