At the end of 2019, in the middle of my son’s fifth-grade year, I visited his classroom for a parent/teacher open house. He was attending public school at the time and one of my concerns was the heavy use of county-assigned laptops in the classroom.
Ammar is a 6th-grade student in Jefferson Middle School with a passion for sports, especially soccer and martial arts. Along with his middle school workload, he practices soccer after school twice a week and has regular games on Saturdays.
Over the past two years, the already fragile U.S. education system has faced one of the, if not the, biggest threat to academic success with the Covid-19 pandemic.
When we discuss preparing our children for the future, we think about their careers, their potential spouses, and their financial stability. Rarely do we focus on their spiritual health, and the impending trials that may shake their faith in times ahead.
Back in 2006, I developed a lecture titled, The Unveiling: The Truth about the Muslim Woman, that I presented in various universities across the Northeast U.S.
If you are a Muslim parent, chances are that you have experienced an embarrassing moment with one or more of your children at the masjid. Perhaps you took your toddler to Jummuah prayer, a community event, or a lecture.