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 »You and Your Kid
Dr.Tareq Al Habeeb If Your Kid Lies alot! Than you are punishing him/her too much! Your Kid does not have confidence! You don’t encourage him/her! Your Kid doesn’t talk too much! You don’t talk to him/her! Your Kid steals! You didn’t teach him/her to give! Your kid is a coward! …
Read More »Have we fallen into a happy trap?
by Jill Stark Source: smh.com.au Happy ever after: We want it for ourselves, we want it for our kids, and we want it now. But what if everything we know about happiness is a lie? What if the relentless pursuit of pleasure is in fact making us miserable? A growing …
Read More »The ADD Dilemma is not solved by taking drugs
http://www.infobarrel.com/The_ADD_Dilemma_is_not_solved_by_taking_drugs_ Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder Campaigns Money is a great motivator of psychiatric research. Over forty years ago a mammoth drug company claimed that if a drug could create an effect then obviously it could be sold as a valid treatment. With methylphenidate known as Ritalin they …
Read More »Raising Children in Islam Part 1
How to raise children into responsible Muslim adults? Parents hold enormous leverage in terms of what they teach their children and accordingly how their children grow up as adults. Islam, therefore, hold parents responsible for steering their children’s upbringing according to the guidelines of the Quran and the Prophet’s (sallallahu …
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