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The game ends, and suddenly your child is furious. They’re yelling, arguing, crying or pleading for one more match. For some children, stopping a highly engaging game can be genuinely difficult. That doesn’t mean you have to give in, and it doesn’t mean every strong reaction signals a serious problem. The goal is to help your child learn an important skill: something I really enjoy can end, and I can handle the transition.
Read guide →Thoughtful guidance, expert perspectives, and practical reflections to help you better understand what your child may be experiencing.
22 min · Gentleness beautifies everything it touches. Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi explains why knowing your own temperament is the first step toward the Prophet’s…
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9 min · A teenager once mocked the call to prayer, loudly, in front of the Prophet ﷺ. Instead of punishing him, the Prophet…
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7 min · A calm, shame-free guide to puberty for Muslim boys, covering voice and body changes, wet dreams (ihtilam), ghusl, reaching religious maturity…
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5 min · In this short clip, Sheikh Belal Assaad describes five patterns that can make family life unhealthy: substance abuse, constant conflict, violence,…
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14 min · Ever snapped at your kids in a way far too big for the moment? Dr.
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50 min · Homeschooling isn’t right for every family or every season of life. In this candid talk, Shaykh Ismail Kamdar, a long-time homeschooling…
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9 min · Disagreements are part of life, between siblings, friends, neighbors, and even between parents and children. In the final episode of Raising…
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11 min · In a world of constant comparison and instant gratification, children can easily feel dissatisfied, and even feel let down by Allah…
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12 min · Friends shape who our children become, and no friendship is neutral. In Episode 7 of Raising Beautiful Hearts, Ustadha Hina Khan-Mukhtar…
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Dr. Daniel Amen, child psychiatrist and founder of Amen Clinics, lays out what actually builds a mentally strong kid: not more rules or more…
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18 min · A reminder that no one, adult or child, was placed on this earth by accident. Sheikh Belal Assaad explains why an…
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15 min · Every habit — good or bad — physically rewires the brain, and understanding how that happens can change how you handle…
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24 min · Ustadh Muhammad Tim Humble traces a Quranic framework for anxiety, depression, and grief, starting with a simple but easy-to-miss point: much…
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20 min · Many people quietly believe that feeling afraid means their faith is weak. Shaykh Dr.
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43 min · Why does it seem like everyone has ADHD today? Psychiatrist Dr.
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6 min · Some phrases slip out in frustration and are forgotten by the parent within the hour — but not by the child.…
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5 min · When a child is in full meltdown, our instinct is to talk them down — to explain, soothe, or reason with…
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7 min · Using four imagined children, this explainer walks through psychologist Diana Baumrind’s four classic parenting styles, authoritarian, permissive, authoritative, and neglectful, and…
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