Sunday, June 18, 2023

Parenting tips

Any parent of multiple young children knows the daily reality of children's constant fights, disagreements, and clashes. 

Personally, my five boys almost never stop squabbling! They love each other and play together, but they also fight like cats and dogs. 😅

One of my primary parenting roles, therefore, is the judge who settles disputes. 

One rule I have for myself is a parent who is constantly having to referee fights and arguments between my children is this: 

Hear out both sides first. 

Never give out a verdict before listening to both parties, no matter how open-and-shut the case may initially look. 

Usually, what happens is I'll be washing the dishes or cooking dinner or changing the baby's diaper, when one of my children comes running to me, crying. He will start complaining and whining to me about one of his siblings: "Mama, he hit/ kicked/ hurt me!" 

In the past, if I was tired, stressed, or in a hurry, my instinct, for one second, used to be to just take the initial complaint at face value, and just yell quickly, "[Accused child's name here], stop hitting your brother!"

But I learned years ago that a parent should never do this. 

This is the easier of the two routes you can take as a parent. 

Route 1: One child lodges a complaint against another. You as the parent are tired, sleep-deprived, hungry, annoyed, busy, overwhelmed, late for something, and/ or are in a rush. You take this accusation as the truth, and respond accordingly by yelling at or punishing the accused child. 

Route 2: One child lodges a complaint against another. You as the parent, despite your tiredness, headache, hunger, busy-ness, etc, calmly hear out the first child. Then you call the second child to you, and calmly ask him what happened. As the second child tells you his version of the same event, you calmly hear out his side of things. You then ask any follow-up questions if you need to clarify, call witnesses (other children not directly involved in the fight), ascertain the truth, and then use your judgment to come to a decision if one or both parties are in the wrong and if there needs to be punishment or consequences. 

Route 2 is clearly the harder path. 

But it's the path of justice and fairness. 

My children are still young, but already in this short time of a decade, there have been many times in which the first child was crying so hysterically or whose complaint sounded so sad and convincing that I would be tempted to just issue my judgment right away. 

Especially if there is raw evidence to corroborate the first child's story: a red mark, a darkening bruise, a quickly-swelling bump on the head, or scratch marks. 

It's so sad for us as parents to see that, plus we are so busy and tired, that it's tempting to mete out punishment before launching a full investigation. 

But whenever I'd stop myself from jumping to conclusions and force myself to slow down enough to hear out both sides, I have always been so relieved I did. 

Because usually, there is a much longer backstory. There is a second version of reality that is equally compelling. There is usually another child who has been wronged too. 

Sometimes the accused child is actually the injured party, while the child who came running to complain was actually the instigator or initial aggressor. 

Or sometimes, both sides are equally at fault. And punishing only the accused child would be unjust. 

What is even more dangerous about this is that it may eventually become a pattern within the family, continuing into the children's adulthood. An entrenched dysfunctional dynamic. 

One child learns to tattle to the parent, the parent learns to reflexively take that child's word as the full truth without checking, and the other child gets punished unjustly without getting the benefit of stating their side of things. 

The first child, the tattler, gets used to having their way just by virtue of being the first to run crying to the parent, learning the utility of the adage, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." And the second child grows disillusioned by the chronic one-sidedness, learning to shut down their own emotions or to give up on getting any justice. 

And this is a very unhealthy dynamic of injustice. 

Everything starts in childhood. 

And it starts with you, the parent. You are the mature adult. You are responsible for justice, regardless of your state or the lateness of the hour or other circumstances. 

Don't just take the path of least resistance and simply believe whoever comes to you first, or whoever is crying louder. 

This reminds me of the old story of a man who came to a judge with one eye gouged out, accusing another man of having taken out his eye. The proof was right there for all to see in all its horrible, bloody glory. 

But the judge was wise enough to call the accused man to the court to hear him out first, before issuing an immediate punishment. 

When the accused man walked in to stand in court, he had *both* eyes gouged out! 
 
Allah says,

ØĨŲŲ†Ų‘ŲŽ ŲąŲ„Ų„Ų‘ŲŽŲ‡ŲŽ ŲŠŲŽØŖŲ’Ų…ŲØąŲŲƒŲŲ…Ų’ ØŖŲŽŲ† ØĒŲØ¤ŲŽØ¯Ų‘ŲŲˆØ§ÛŸ ŲąŲ„Ų’ØŖŲŽŲ…ŲŽŲ€Ų°Ų†ŲŽŲ€Ų°ØĒŲ ØĨŲŲ„ŲŽŲ‰Ų°Ų“ ØŖŲŽŲ‡Ų’Ų„ŲŲ‡ŲŽØ§ ŲˆŲŽØĨŲØ°ŲŽØ§ Ø­ŲŽŲƒŲŽŲ…Ų’ØĒŲŲ… بŲŽŲŠŲ’Ų†ŲŽ ŲąŲ„Ų†Ų‘ŲŽØ§ØŗŲ ØŖŲŽŲ† ØĒŲŽØ­Ų’ŲƒŲŲ…ŲŲˆØ§ÛŸ بŲŲąŲ„Ų’ØšŲŽØ¯Ų’Ų„Ų ۚ ØĨŲŲ†Ų‘ŲŽ ŲąŲ„Ų„Ų‘ŲŽŲ‡ŲŽ Ų†ŲØšŲŲ…Ų‘ŲŽØ§ ŲŠŲŽØšŲØ¸ŲŲƒŲŲ… بŲŲ‡ŲÛĻŲ“ ۗ ØĨŲŲ†Ų‘ŲŽ ŲąŲ„Ų„Ų‘ŲŽŲ‡ŲŽ ŲƒŲŽØ§Ų†ŲŽ ØŗŲŽŲ…ŲŲŠØšŲ‹Ûĸا بŲŽØĩŲŲŠØąŲ‹Û­Ø§ 

"Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due, and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing." (Surat An-Nisa, 58)

Justice involves wisdom, patience, and doing due diligence to find out the whole truth. 

And this is our job as parents of children, between whom fighting is normal. 

Through our measured, calm, mature approach, we not only settle daily childhood disputes, but we also instill within our children an understanding of justice from a young age.


- Umm Khalid 

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āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ‚ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ­ā§‡āĻ¤āĻ°ā§‹āĻ“ ā§§ā§¨ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€ āĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤

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āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸā§āĻŸ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻā§‡āĻ‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‰āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§œāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻŽā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ˛āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸāĨ¤

āĻ…āĻĨāĻš āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° ā§Š āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ“āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¸ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻŸāĻŋāĻ‰āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĨ¤

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āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨? 

āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤ 

āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨?

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āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ƒāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽā§‹āĻŸā§‹ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ - ”āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŦā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĨ¤â€ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ“āĻˇā§āĻ§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ‡, āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤ 

āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻšāĻāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ˛ā§āĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ˜āĻ° āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡!

āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ§āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻ¸āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĻ‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤ (āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋ, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻ†āĻ§āĻŸā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡! 😛 )  

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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
By Vaishnavi Nagaraj - Updated: October 16, 2019


In this Article
What Is A Generation Gap?
Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
The ages between parents and their children are often large enough that they experienced their most impressionable years during a different culture than each other. Adolescence is often the time when people are most influenced by society around them and as our world keeps developing and changing, things rarely stay the same, causing generation gaps between parents and their children.

What Is A Generation Gap?
Since time is ever moving forward and change is inevitable, the values, tastes and outlook on life are different with each generation. It is this difference that is called a generation gap. This often causes a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations since their view of the world was coloured by how society functioned during their adolescence.

Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
Here are a few causes of generation gap between parents and child:

1. Lack Of Understanding
Different generations sometimes seem to speak a different language. Due to the changes in society from when parents were growing up, to how it is in the time of their children, even their way of thinking and what they deem to be normal tends to be different.

2. Mistakes Are Rarely Tolerated
Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to tell their children off. Children need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life, but if they only get punished for it, it widens the gap and creates a lack of proper communication.

3. Children Are Expected To Be Replicas
Parents often have dreams for their kids, and a lot of the time tends to force them in that direction without taking into consideration what their child wants.

4. Too Many Comparisons
Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the gap becomes wide. This often causes them to lose confidence in themselves and can destroy any enthusiasm they may have previously had.

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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
By Vaishnavi Nagaraj - Updated: October 16, 2019
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6 Tips to Fill The Generation Gap Between Parent and Child
In this Article
What Is A Generation Gap?
Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
The ages between parents and their children are often large enough that they experienced their most impressionable years during a different culture than each other. Adolescence is often the time when people are most influenced by society around them and as our world keeps developing and changing, things rarely stay the same, causing generation gaps between parents and their children.

What Is A Generation Gap?
Since time is ever moving forward and change is inevitable, the values, tastes and outlook on life are different with each generation. It is this difference that is called a generation gap. This often causes a lack of communication and understanding between the two generations since their view of the world was coloured by how society functioned during their adolescence.

Why do Generation Gap Exists Between Parents And Children?
Here are a few causes of generation gap between parents and child:

1. Lack Of Understanding
Different generations sometimes seem to speak a different language. Due to the changes in society from when parents were growing up, to how it is in the time of their children, even their way of thinking and what they deem to be normal tends to be different.

2. Mistakes Are Rarely Tolerated
Parents often do not tolerate mistakes and tend to tell their children off. Children need to make mistakes to learn and grow in life, but if they only get punished for it, it widens the gap and creates a lack of proper communication.

3. Children Are Expected To Be Replicas
Parents often have dreams for their kids, and a lot of the time tends to force them in that direction without taking into consideration what their child wants.

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4. Too Many Comparisons
Comparing children to each other or even to how you were as a child is another reason the gap becomes wide. This often causes them to lose confidence in themselves and can destroy any enthusiasm they may have previously had.

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5. Not Enough Interaction
Due to the responsibilities of being an adult and the stress that comes from work life, parents often find themselves too tired to spend enough time with their kids every day. This causes a lack of communication and interaction that widens the generation gap.

How to Bridge The Generation Gap Between Parents And Their Children
Here are a few tips to help bridge the generation gap between parents and their children:

1. Keep An Open Mind
The way that kids think is different from how parents do. Parents often feel like because they have already been the age their child is currently, that they understand how their child thinks. The truth is, the world and way of life was different then than it is now and their mind-set will be very different and can also be shocking for some parents. This is why keeping an open mind and not assuming that they must be just like you were at their age is very important. You must also understand that there are some things that are acceptable in society and therefore acceptable to your child that may not have been acceptable when you were the same age. It is especially in those areas where parents need to try and keep an open mind so they can better understand their children.



2. Communicate
Making the time to communicate with your kids every day is very important. The simple act of talking about each other’s day at the end of the day can help you get to know each other and make it easier to speak freely around the other. Children need to know they can approach their parents with anything, something that can ultimately give parents peace of mind since they do not need to worry about their children hiding things that are important.

3. Listen
Parents need to allow their kids time to talk without interruption and listen to what they have to say. Learning your child’s thoughts and opinions makes them feel like what they want or feel matters to you, which in turn makes them feel much closer to you than before. Having a parent who listens as well instead of only talks and lectures will give your child more encouragement to listen to you in return.

4. Understand
With listening comes understanding and this means that you have to learn to put yourself in your child’s shoes and trying to understand how they feel and what they want from what they tell you. If you are able to understand where your child is coming from, you will be able to close that generation gap to some extent.

5. Unconditional Love
Love has a way of crossing boundaries and bringing people together if acted upon. So show your children how much you love them. This unconditional love and support that they get from you is very encouraging and makes children more inclined to show that same love and understanding back.

6. Compromise
People can disagree on things, no matter how close to each other they are. Parents and children are no different; however, rather than forcing them into your way of thinking or forcing them to do what you want them to do when they don’t want to, learn to compromise when possible. There are times when you need to put your foot down with your children, but coming to a compromise instead of dictating their every move will make them closer to you and make that generation gap a little smaller.


This article on generation gap between parents and child is just what you need if you have been struggling to have a better relationship with your child. Remember that it is important to understand that they have their own thoughts and opinions and being patient and loving will help to close the generation gap that causes distance between parent and child.