Parenting skills! [Lecture delivered in Dammam by Mufti Ismail Menk] 1. Be role models for your children. Even small kids follow and copy everything parents do. They may not follow your instruction but will for sure follow your actions. 2. Sometimes a child is not an orphan but actually an orphan. Children need the parents time. Today we get lost in our cell phones, tablets, in our socializing, work, businesses etc. We need to be there for our children. 3. Then Mufti spoke of the 6 as in understanding your child. 6 as: > Attention > Acceptance > Approval > Acknowledgement > Appreciation > Affection 4. Praise the child 5. Develop every child (No discrimination) 6. Teach them to be polite by being polite yourself to others. 7. Let them be kids. Let them Enjoy their childhood. 8. Dont ban them completely from chocolates, gadgets etc. Monitor everything and balance it out. 9. Take childs opinion in family decisions,like which place to go on a holiday. 10. Respond to the Adhaan immediately and engage the child in Salaah. Make it a happy event and not somethin you drag yourself to-do 11. If you have any bad habits then hide it from kids (like smoking) 12. Spouses should never fight in front of kids. 13. If you make a promise to your child, keep up to it. Otherwise they wil stop trusting you. 14. Avoid anger with kids. It impairs our judgements and manners towards them. We should be calm. 15. Build a good communication with your child. Confide in them and InshAllah they will confide in you too. 16. Build a positive living environment at home. It should be a place where the child wants to rush back to. May Allah SWT give us the ability to be good parents and forgive our shortcomings - Ameen
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 07:39:02 +0000
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