Man-made man and our kids iman...

It's becoming more and more challenging being parents nowadays..

Am sure that inshaallah no one would disagree to this statement..

Children as we know can easily be influenced by their environment, what they see and hear especially.. To try to control these senses in this era of iPads, iphone, astro, 

Internet- you tube and google.. is almost an impossible thing to do..

My chiropractor lives with her partner, no kids, when I ask her one day, she said ...it's a big responsibility and keeps your hand full...

This is a nonmuslim lady who realizes the dangerous environment for kids to grow in nowadays..

We Muslims, knowing the things that we have to adhere to in our deen should feel even more worried ...

The thing is these days, everyone would agree that raising up kids these days is very challenging but not many would agree that for this reason, the kids need close attention and care 24/7..

Okay, if many would agree even to this fact, not many are willing to do it... Worse.. Some find it difficult to understand or accept why parents with high educational background choose to leave their promising career to take care of their kids..

A friend of mine who left her career was told by her friends.. Kenape la kau ni Kena membibik-kan diri? Which means - why do you have to enslave yourself..

 if you don't want to do it, at least, please don't discourage others...

Okay now back to the topic... No it's not about Frankenstein okay..

We re talking about the spider and the superman...

These days our kids seem to know more about these fictional super heroes than our true superheroes  like khaleed al-Waleed r.a. , saad ibn Abi waqqas r.a., etc. not just our kids, even ourselves, if a survey was to be made to the Muslim parents, how many of them know who khaleed al- Waleed r.a. Was.. I would not be surprised if it comes out that less than 5% of them know who he was...

Hopefully we are among this 5% group of parents, if not, then there's still time and ways!

Firstly, if your kids are still clean of all these fictional things, try to keep them clean..
if they are already into it , then try to limit it or slowly reduce it...

Cause it's not just about telling them the stories about the sahabah, but also about avoiding distractions... Cause you know how hi tech is used in these Movies and cartoons that once kids are into it, to get them sit down and just listen to stories of sahabah that doesn't come with pictures, animation or sounds is gonna be challenging...

For my kids, alhamdulillah, so far I manage to avoid the distractions (as much as i can, though not 100%).. Thus they have no choice but to listen to their mamas storytelling for entertainment...Tell the stories in their words, facial expression and action...

Am telling you.. This is what i call real entertainment man! ;)

Also found some useful short clips on YouTube just to add in some flavor to it..

 

Not to say that I don't use technology at all... With very very close supervision and Islamic shariah in mind.. Inshaallah, it can benefit...

the effect is tremendous! one day while I was cleaning Maryam one day in the toilet, I heard Mus'ab repeatedly saying khaleed al-Waleed r.a so many times.. I was wondering what that boy was up to..

 Then he came to me with his drawing board...

 he was actually trying to figure out how to spell Khaleed al-waleed r.a. in arabic
Khaleed al Waleed r.a, the sword of Allah.. And the last object is his helmet..

not just that, even when they are playing nowadays, they would not call themselves superman or spiderman.. but they  would be khalid al waleed r.a. or salahuddin al-ayubi!
may they grow up with the love to sacrifice for deen like that of our true illustrious superheroes in the past! Ameen!