TIPS FOR RAISING CHILDREN👩‍👩‍👧‍👦

1. Praise your child, even if they get 4/10 in an exam, praise your child in front of others.

2. Every time you speak with your children, speak with respect, say “JazakAllah khairan”, etc. Use ‘please' a lot and never swear.

3. He or she is just a child, don’t take away their playing time by treating them like adults. If you do this, they will rebel in life.

4. Assist your children in making decisions. Guide them by talking to them. If they want to go for something, then help them plan.

5. Ask your child for his or her opinion. For example, if you are going to buy a car, ask them what color they’d like the car to be. This develops the habit of consultancy in them.

6. Dedicate a corner of the house to your child and write the name of your child there – make it their little space. This will make them more confident of themselves.

7. Teach your child to follow you in salah. Lead them rather than merely instructing, it’s a more powerful way. Your child will remember what he/she sees you doing forever. Start instructing them to read salah at the age of 7.

8. Encourage your child to ask questions and try to answer each question. Otherwise, they will get the answer from the wrong source. Praise their questions at times.

9. Always fulfill your promises to your children. Do not make big promises which you cannot fulfill; this makes them develop a habit of making false promises. If you fail to fulfill any promise, explain.

10. Make dua for your children. Even if they have gone astray, pray for them.

11. Tell them you might fail once, but never lose hope. Teach them how they should react to a failure.

12. Apologize to your child if you have made a mistake, this teaches your child to repent to Allah. Don’t raise ifs and buts when you are wrong.

13. Praise their good deeds, give them gift and explain to them that this gift is for the good deeds that you did.

14. Make sure you train your children to read a portion of Quran daily, according to their capacity.

15. Tell your child repeatedly that you love them, tell them how gorgeous they are and how important they are to you, hug them, its a sunnah to kiss your children