Many Muslim families debate whether to send their children to public schools or Islamic schools. Whichever the parents choose for their children, parents must always remember that they must do their best to guide them.
There are Duas for each aspect of our lives: from eating, going to the bathroom, going by transport to leaving the house. Since there are so many to be learnt, how can we teach kids dua for children?
A unique idea to help kids think about God in a practical way in their daily lives. This prayer station idea will help reinforce the practice of connecting with Allah and relying on Him on daily basis.
Most children will move when there is music. As Muslims, however, this is not acceptable behavior. Therefore, as an alternative to having music, drama can provide excitement and imagination to children's daily exercise.
"Seek first to understand, then to be understood," recommends Stephen Covey (1990). When you listen carefully to another person, you give that person "psychological air."
As a child leaves infancy and approaches toddlerhood, one of the tasks parents face is introducing the child to the peer group. How do parents help their child become a socially competent?
When we build a warm and friendly relationship with our children, we establish the best opportunity for imparting strong moral and spiritual values to them--the key to high self-esteem.