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AI can explain a difficult math concept, quiz your child before a test, help them brainstorm ideas and give feedback on their writing. It can also write the essay, solve the problem and hand them an answer before they’ve had a chance to think. For parents, the challenge isn’t simply deciding whether AI belongs in homework. It’s helping children learn how to use it without handing over the learning itself.
Read guide →Children under 5 thrive best with hands-on play, movement and real-world interaction. This guide offers ten simple screen-free activities that support your child’s brain, body and heart, at home, on the road or while you wait.
Read guide →Many games no longer make money only when someone buys the game. Children may encounter virtual currencies, character skins, battle passes, limited-time offers and loot boxes while they’re already playing. None of that means every in-game purchase is bad, but children benefit from understanding that the game isn’t only giving them things to play. It may also be giving them reasons to spend.
Read guide →Thoughtful guidance, expert perspectives, and practical reflections to help you better understand what your child may be experiencing.
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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45 min · In the third part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda completes his list of twelve habits he says wear…
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59 min · In part two of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda describes three styles of parenting: the firefighter who steps in…
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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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Michael Abraham, an educator who works with schools on instructional supervision, describes what he has noticed in classrooms about how a father’s presence or…
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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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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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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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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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46 min · As his eldest son prepares to graduate, Shaykh Ismail Kamdar looks back on twelve years of homeschooling his children: why he…
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38 min · After more than a decade of homeschooling his four children, Shaykh Ismail Kamdar shares eight lessons for making homeschooling work today:…
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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,…
Read the Reflection →Sometimes the most useful idea comes from another parent who has been through something similar.
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