“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Parenting is a difficult job, and one in which we all make mistakes at times. Communicating effectively with our children takes time and energy. We need to become aware of our own feelings and automat [...]
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15 Parenting Mistakes Well Intentione...
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Parenting is a difficult job, and one in which we all make mistakes at times. Communicating effectively with our children takes time and energy. We need to become aware of our own feelings and automat [...]
MH4M Top 10 Articles for 2012
10.) Marriage: Losing a Sense of Self?
Differentiation involves changing the way we think about marriage: Instead of seeing it as the merging of two people into one, as has often been taught, we must learn to maintain a sense of ourselves as distinct from our partner in order to become closer to him/her. – David Schnarch
Many Muslim couples [...]
Is Your Child ODD? Understanding Opp...
“For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people’s behavior.”
All children, especially when tired, hungry, stressed or upset, can act oppositional from time to time. This oppositional behavior might include arguing, talking back, disobeying, and defying their parents, teachers, [...]
Forgiving Your Parents & Learnin...
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them;
sometimes, they forgive them” – Oscar Wilde
The notion that adults, and in particular, parents and caregivers, are to be unequivocally trusted is something that most young children naively believe, unless or until that trust is broken. Typically, this involve [...]
Top 10 Effective Parenting Strategies
“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.” ~Joyce Maynard
Parenting is undoubtedly one of the most rewar [...]
Parenting: Understanding and Managing...
“If that child’s behavior is so severe that it warrants a behavior plan, that plan needs to be followed.” - Janice Argabright
Sara and her mother have gone shopping at Target. Sara sees a toy that she wants and asks her mother for it. When her mother tells her “no,” Sara begins to cry. Sara continues to beg her mo [...]
A Mother’s Reflection of Grief ...
“Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises.” Rumi
In 1999 I embraced Islam. The journey to Islam was long and experiential. I became involved with Westernized Sufism prior to Islam for many years, studying various methods to work on myself and dabbling in teachings that se [...]
Unraveling the Myths of Autism
“Autism is not a puzzle, nor a disease. Autism is a challenge, but certainly not a devastating one.”
-Trisha Van Berkel
Autism is a very common issue in the Muslim community. Many parents feel that they are at a loss because they don’t understand what it is. Recently, there was a tragic story of a mother from Texas who killed he [...]
Parenting Styles: Is Friendship Too M...
“It’s better to leave your children self-sufficient than to leave them on the mercy of others.” -Prophet Muhammad (Tirmidhi)
Today’s parents are struggling to balance the fine line of being best friends with their children while at the same time setting limits and enforcing rules. Due to the “therapization” of society, many parents tod [...]
Child Abuse & the Muslim Communi...
Child abuse is the dirty little secret no one wants to talk about yet in many homes across the world, it’s as prevalent today as it was centuries ago. According to www.childhelp.org, “Over 3 million reports of child abuse are made every year in the United States; however, those reports can include multiple children. In 2007, a [...]