Teens

What does it take for parents to get a teen to become a practicing Muslim?

Like talking to children about sex, discussing how to handle pornography is no easy feat. Here are some ideas and talking points for how to bring it up so you can give your child the Islamic perspective.

Parents' love and acceptance are crucial during the teens, when most youth, Muslim and non-Muslim, are struggling. How did some parents do it? How do we raise righteouse children?
 

You've just found out your son or daughter is getting sex education at public school and you want to give them the Islamic perspective on it. Here are some tips that can help you talk to your kids about the “s” word.

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood," recommends Stephen Covey (1990). When you listen carefully to another person, you give that person "psychological air."
 

You thought you were over the hard part---changing diapers and being awakened throughout the night by your crying baby....etc. But now comes the really hard part---coping with a rebellious, often rude and obnoxious, teenager.

Do you have a teenage daughter in her final year in school? Does she have friends who are preparing for their prom? Does she feel left out? Here are some ways to discuss prom with her as a father.