Q-2 Whenever my children do something
good I praise them. I have noticed that this
sometimes creates jealousy between them.
Should I not praise the child who has done a
good job?
A- One thing which a lot of parents do, is to praise
one child in front of another. If one of them is
hardworking and the other is not, then what do we
say? ‘You know your brother is so hardworking’ or
‘MashaAllah, you did such a good job!’ while the
other child is sitting there feeling inferior. We think
Q-3 How do I deal with non-muslim friends
or teachers of my children? My son said to his
teacher that, ‘Oh you know we don’t do this,
and you do this because you are Christians and
we are Muslims.’ The teacher became quite
offended.
A- We have to create a balance in the
understanding of our children. First teach them that
we have to respect everyone. Whether someone is
a Christian, Jew, Hindu, we have to respect them.
Relate to them the hadith of the Prophet that do
not call anyone’s religion or culture bad, because in
Q- 4 Am I allowed to lie to my child &V