You May Be Sabotaging Your Children's Future Without Knowing It

Nov 30, 2023 9:59 am

Do you consider parenting to be a job?

If you do, I bet you'd want to become the best parent in your industry.

Parenting is a job. It is a job of preparing the future of humanity. And this job is more important for you as a Muslim parent.

Thirty years from now, today's children will be representing the Ummah. How well they do so will depend on how well you contribute today as a parent.

But as the Yoruba people do say, “When two irons collide, one of them is bound to bend for the other.”

When your livelihood job collides with your parenting job, it is usually the parenting job that bends for the former. And the Ummah suffers as a result.

Many Muslim teens today remain Muslims because they are still under the care of their parents. Who knows what will happen when they gain their “liberty” from their parents?

A lot of young Muslims are easily swayed by atheist arguments in the media and even the daily misbehaviours of some Muslims.

All these happen because of the preponderance of our occupations over our parenting jobs. Worst, we leave many of our women to face this daunting challenge alone with minimal support. And that is in addition to their occupational jobs or professions.

Aside from the constant reprimands, dos and don’ts, how often do we sit together with our children to teach them anything at the intellectual or creative level?

How often do we read a book together for discussion? How often do we revise the history of Islam together?

“Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend the whole time trying to correct them.” Bill Ayers

Muslim parents don’t teach their children again. They outsource the education of their children to the mosque imams and the school teachers. Why? They are not sure of their understanding of Islam, yet they have no time to learn. Or they are busy working for a boss instead of their kids.

And don’t forget, with all the funny things happening in the world today, even the so-called Muslim schools may not have the interest of your kids at heart.

If you feel guilty about this, you can remedy the situation. How? By becoming an expert parent.