Fulfilling your role in your community is a part of your worship. Allah made us to worship Him and to serve the community while we’re here on earth. But most kids don’t know what role to fill - they don’t know what they want to do when they grow up. And neither do parents. Good parents will help their children find a suitable role that aligns with their personalities, interests and likes. Never push your children to be something that you want them to be because of your own aspirations. Finding a child's best role in society requires a match between his or her personality, strengths ..read more

  Kindness and empathy are what is needed to counter a world full of unfriendliness and narcistic vibes. Bully behaviour can emerge from not caring about others and not being able to feel the emotions of others. Teaching children empathy is not enough. There are two types of empathy. Affective empathy is experiencing the emotions of another while cognitive empathy is taking the perspective or understanding the emotions of another. The difference is in either feeling it with others or just understanding what others feel. The more effective empathy is affective empathy- when you can actu ..read more

You've heard of The Principles of Islamic Parenting, right?  If you haven't then read it here or see the images below. Do you know the aims of Islamic Parenting? If you don't then read my previous post here.  Islamic Parenting is the combination of these two. If you combined the aims of Islamic Parenting with the Principles of Islamic Parenting then you'll get a map for Islamic Parenting. Simple. This is a recap of the 5 Principles of Islamic Parenting. For more details please read the article. 1. A child is born pure 2. Parents lead and guide children 3. Leading and gu ..read more

If you’re a new parent (or even a l time parent) and don’t know where to start with parenting your child then here are the top 5 important aims of Islamic parenting. 1. To be Righteous Muslims The first and most important is to raise children to worship our Creator, Allah, and follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (s). When your child is young the best way to do this is to be the model. Let your child observe you doing acts of worship. Lay the foundation and encourage your child to imitate you. At the age of discernment, which is about 7 years of age, you can then formally teach the required iba ..read more

Title: The Collapse of Parenting Author: Leonard Sax Publisher: Basic Books Published: 2016 Recommended for: All parents In this review, I will summarise the important points the author wrote about and add my own thoughts to them.  The first is that children are growing up disrespecting adults, authority, each other and everything. This is the culture of disrespect where it's cool to be disrespectful. In this culture, parents are afraid to upset their child through applying rules and restricting their child out of fear that their child will not love them. And so the child has no limit ..read more

As Muslims it's so important that our children are connected to the Quran. It is after all, the Words of Allah. Something that we must all highly value. For how can we live by Allah's Law when we don't know it? So how do you and your family coonect to the Quran? Listen to my talk (it's free, you just need to register) and I will show you the ways to connect your children to the Quran. To prepare for this talk, I've created a notebook for you to take notes in. It's a fill in the blanks so don't have to write much but just listen and fill in the words. It's free, just subscribe to m ..read more

  Research says that engaging with nature reduces stress in both adults and children. For children, the added benefit is that it gets them to be physically active and helps them develop cognitively through imagination and dramatic play. There is also social learning through interactions with others. However, the most important reason for Muslim children to engage with the natural world is that they are learning about Allah through His creations. Engaging with nature is more than just playing outdoors in the playground. It's about exploring trees and mini beasts. It's about smelling ..read more

Research says that children who’ve been read to at bedtime do well at school, in other words, they learn better than those who don’t. But there’s an even greater benefit in having a bedtime routine than just academic achievements. It is the perfect time to impart Islam through storytelling. When you set up a bedtime routine, children are eager to get ready for bed because they’re eager for the story. The Bedtime Routine During the day, I’ve read all types of books to my children but at night time, just before they go to sleep, I’d read Islamic stories: stories of Prophets and sahabahs, a ..read more

This article is by Guest Blogger, Humera Malik who is an author. Read her bio below. Here she talks about how praying can help ease your child's anxiety. The main character in my new book is a Muslim boy named Zain, who becomes very frustrated and anxious due to a series of mishaps during the week. He then learns how prayer can help set things right. I was inspired to write this due in part to my own experience with using prayer to combat anxiety.  One of my earliest childhood memories is of a night when I couldn’t fall asleep because I was worried about an upcoming spelling test. I w ..read more

Below are some common questions that you might be asking about your child and praying. The answers might help you. If you have any other questions be sure to put it in the comment. Question: How to connect my child to Allah to want to pray instead of praying out of fear? Answer: Talk to your child about Allah's love and mercy. Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When Allah completed the creation, He wrote in His book with Him upon the Throne: Verily, My mercy prevails over My wrath.” Parents tend to forget this and try to use Allah's a ..read more