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52 min · In a class on the struggles of motherhood, Maulana Asim Ayub takes up a subject many people find hard to hear:…
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60 min · In the final part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda walks through the stages of a child’s growth that…
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58 min · In the first part of his series “Our Ways” on raising children, Sheikh Ali Hammuda argues that raising righteous, capable children…
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Michael Abraham walks through fifteen moments from the teaching of the Prophet ﷺ, as reported in hadith, and draws parenting lessons from each. He…
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In a talk he gave at a convention, Imam Tom Facchine reflects on what it means to be a father in Islam. He describes…
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In this talk, Shaykh Waleed Basyouni speaks to three audiences about the role of fathers: fathers, mothers, and children. He encourages fathers to see…
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48 min · Do our children really need more, or less? In this conversation with Lauren Booth, educator and children’s author Anisa Rasul shares…
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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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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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9 min · Children today spend most of their time with peers, and many rarely spend real time with grandparents or older people. In…
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19 min · Saying no is part of loving your child, but how do you set limits without becoming harsh, or giving in to…
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12 min · When a child forgets, refuses, or pushes back, it’s easy to react with a lecture, a guilt trip, or a rebuke,…
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22 min · When a scholar was asked what parents should teach their children first, he didn’t name a fiqh book or a list…
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Responsible children aren’t built by strict rules or constant reminders. They’re built through small, repeated, everyday choices, real tasks, small decisions, and mistakes children…
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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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56 min · In this wide-ranging interview, psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen lays out the framework behind his book Raising Mentally Strong Kids: get clear…
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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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13 min · Spencer Russell, a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher, used to think some kids simply couldn’t focus — until he noticed his…
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10 min · Emma Hubbard breaks down shitsuke, a Japanese concept of discipline built on instruction and practice rather than punishment. In her explanation,…
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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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30 min · Hisham Abu Yusuf structures his talk around a saying he attributes to Ali ibn Abi Talib: play with children for seven…
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36 min · Closing a four-part series, Sheikh Ali Hammuda maps a child’s development onto six age brackets drawn from the Quran and hadith,…
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12 min · Dr. Haifaa Younis opens with a hadith: nothing brings a servant closer to Allah than fulfilling the obligations He’s made binding.
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16 min · School principal James Cowper argues that kids today aren’t disconnected — they’re deeply connected to one another — and asks what…
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21 min · Communication professor Bruce Lambert presents five principles drawn from Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s parenting book How to Talk So Kids…
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21 min · Financial planner Chad Willardson joins Smart Money Parenting host Scott Donnell to unpack what it actually means to be a financial…
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8 min · Drawing on developmental research, including a 2017 study led by Vaheshta Sethna and Paul Ramchandani, the video explores associations between fathers’…
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12 min · This video draws on cross-cultural research comparing Dutch and American infant sleep patterns, reporting that Dutch babies sleep meaningfully more per…
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8 min · This video centers on serve and return: the everyday back-and-forth between a baby’s small signals and a parent’s response. It looks…
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15 min · Emma Hubbard, a pediatric occupational therapist, walks through six patterns she encourages parents to pay closer attention to. They are an…
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9 min · Emma Hubbard argues that a child’s overwhelmed brain largely can’t process talking, explaining, or reasoning during a tantrum. She also argues…
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24 min · Helen Hoffman argues that parents don’t need to prioritize alphabet drills before age three. Instead, she encourages families to focus on…
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12 min · This video presents “regulation before resolution” as the missing piece when gentle-parenting scripts aren’t helping during a toddler meltdown. It recommends…
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15 min · This video argues that academic success alone doesn’t guarantee wisdom, resilience, or good judgment, and offers ten daily habits meant to…
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6 min · This video argues that a child’s long-term success depends less on obedience than on the capacity to think independently, since eventually…
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15 min · This video reframes a child’s struggle to focus not as laziness or phone addiction, but as a trained pattern shaped by…
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