raising children

There is no handbook, no manual, no one-size-fits-all method of parenting.

Our children are growing up in a time when stress, anxiety, and depression are at all time highs. It’s not new, families of faith are not immune, and it just isn’t enough to tell our children to “have sabr” or “pray more.”

Many of us find ourselves practicing the strenuous task of pacifying our children every now and then.

We  may shortchange our girls in so many other ways. We may not bury our girls alive the way some of the pre-Islamic Arabs did, but we bury their spiritual advancement in countless ways. We chip away at their confidence in themselves as valuable in the eyes of God and others. We question their worthiness.