Support for anxiety, confidence, resilience, big feelings, and the struggles children don’t always say out loud.
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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.
28 min · Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan explores gratitude through the story of Musa (peace be upon him) and Bani Israel, newly free from…
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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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11 min · Many parents feel embarrassed when their child won’t say salam. In Episode 4 of Raising Beautiful Hearts, Ustadha Hina Khan-Mukhtar and…
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36 min · Mothers give and give until they are running on empty. Psychiatrist Dr.
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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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35 min · Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi opens with a confession: 25 years ago, as a new student of Islam, he went looking for…
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14 min · Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims argues that over-parenting, not under-parenting, is quietly damaging a generation of kids. She describes the ‘checklisted…
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20 min · This video offers ten phrases intended to help young children develop language for understanding and communicating emotions. Its central idea is…
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11 min · This video presents ten everyday habits intended to help children become more resilient, confident and emotionally aware. They include staying calm…
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31 min · This talk reframes anxiety not as an emotion but as a quiet, unexamined belief, that an outcome’s arrival depends on you,…
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