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Children are increasingly becoming more comfortable interacting with a screen – the thinner, brighter and bigger, the better – than with their parents and families. Constantly-improving technology has become a permanent part of our lives and is spilling over into parenting, socialising, communicating and even development. …
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Ebrahim Moosa In the Shariah there is no concept of a ‘holiday’ as such, a recent episode of Cii Radio’s Ulama In Focus heard. Sheikh Mukhtar Raban, a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah Al Munawwarah and lecturer at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth told …
Read More »Guidelines for Dealing with an ANGRY Child
By Leah Davies, M.Ed. A V O I D Screaming at the child. Embarrassing the child. Shaming the child. Labeling the child. Threatening the child. Hitting the child. Hurting the child in any way. Indulging the child. Reinforcing inappropriate behavior by giving in to his/her outbursts. DO Accept the child …
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By Roald Dahl (1916-1990). The most important thing we’ve learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set — Or better still, just don’t install The idiotic thing at all. In almost every house we’ve been, We’ve watched them gaping …
Read More »Disobey Allah for Sake of Allah’: Seriously?
By Umm Zakiyyah-saudilife. “I’LL never do to my children what my parents did to me,” Salman fumed, kicking the ball against the wall next to his friend in the istiraaha. “They were only trying to look out for you, man.” Abdullah’s voice was low, partly because he didn’t want …
Read More »Have You Spoken to Your Child Today?
By Dr. Aisha Hamdan . IslaamInfo Have you had a meaningful conversation together? Do you know what your child accomplished today, how he may be feeling, whether or not he has any concerns? Does your child know that you care about him?In Islaam, the ties of kinship and family are …
Read More »When the Lives of Sahabah are absent ‘Belieberism’ thrives
Ebrahim Moosa – Cii Radio | 5 Shawaal 1434/13 August 2013 There was much consternation in South African Muslim ranks earlier this year as reactions cascaded in to reports that believers were among those who had flocked in large numbers to scoop up tickets to the concert of a …
Read More »Can Parents Influence Productivity?
February 16, 2012 Omar Taha-HomeGroup Sitting in my usual comfy chair at home, as I’d done for the past so many years, I opened up the Internet page and the same old heartrending stories kept re-emerging;‘Ongoing protests against the regime ends in violence’, ‘War and natural disasters leaves millions displaced …
Read More »Ramadan: Time to Kick Porn Addiction Out of your System
This article WILL help you KILL porn addiction or at least start on the road to recovery inshā’Allāh. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS Physiology of porn addiction & why it’s so hard to quit Porn addicts: you are not losers & you CAN quit The Ramadan connection Simple …
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