Five Steps to Positive Parenting

Having babies is blessing from Allah (SWT). Raising them, however, is a serious charge of responsibility

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Surely! Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges: The Imam (ruler) of the people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; a man is the guardian of his family (household) and is responsible for his subjects; a woman is the guardian of her husband's home and of his children and is responsible for them; and the slave of a man is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it. Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges."

There is no doubt that parenting is a full-time responsibility which takes a lot of care and patience. But we all lose it on occasion; some parents so often, that losing their patience becomes the norm, audtho’billah Many times parents inadvertently set up a system of inefficient discipline habits that turn the home into a place of battle, battle of the wills.

As a mother of eight and a former foster parent of dozens, I’m often asked about parenting. I also facilitate positive parenting workshops and lecture on the topic of positive discipline for foster parents and social workers in the United States.