Qur’an and Our Youth: How to bring the Qur’an close to their Hearts
Our youth have the right to be raised as God conscious Muslims. By motivating them to devote quality time to learning the Qur'an, you will earn some reward both in this world and even after your death and so will they. And the love of Allah will be nurtured in their hearts. So, get linking the Qur'an and our youth.
Improving Child Discipline is Improving Ourselves
Our children come from our bodies, but they are a gift from Allah. One way to show our thankfulness for our beloved gifts is to be kind and forgiving when they make mistakes and don’t live up to our expectations. We pray and hope Allah will do the same for us.
10 Simple Ways to Increase Your Child’s Speech Fluency
I’m sure we’ve all heard this at some point. Don’t let the TV/phone/tablet teach your children how to speak. The last thing you want is for your children to be passive learners. Besides, the television may actual do the reverse of what you’re trying to achieve. Children need interaction (active learning) to improve their language skill.
The Boy who Barked
One important thing you want to keep in mind with your child is that Tourettes can be a cause for him receiving unwarranted punishment or reprimands.
6 Tips to Raise Emotionally Strong Children
If the parent mostly makes positive actions, the child will perceive the parent as loving. The ideal positive-to-negative ratio is 80 to 20. Meaning, for every four positive actions a parent does towards his child, he can afford to make one negative one. For example, three hugs and a kiss, earns you one light scolding. If you make more negative actions and less positive ones, your child starts to look at you as an unloving parent.
8 Tips to Instill the Love of Qur’an in Your Children’s Heart
Verbally encourage your kids whenever they listen/recite the Qur’an. Smile, let them know how good you think they are doing, and how proud you are of them. Try not to get them used to tangible prizes. If you do get them prizes, make it rare and spontaneous. You wouldn’t want your children to make a connection between reading the Qur’an and instant and tangible rewards. Rather, make it a habit to explain to them the virtues of the Qur’an such as healing and good deeds.
How Safe is YouTube for Muslim Children?
Sky's the limit for YouTube. It is a great place to find a video about absolutely anything and everything. From a cat playing piano to that amazing advert you saw recently, just type in what you're looking for and choose from the hundreds of results you get!
A Ramadan of Patience for Parents
There are many ways to work on improving ourselves this Ramadan; performing extra prayers, making more dua, and feeding the poor are among the most common. Working on improving our relationship with our children is indeed a noble goal to strive for, as well.
The Patient Ones- A Model for Motherhood
There are numerous prophets and people of Islam who exemplified admirable examples of patience that we can emulate.
