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    Don’t Make Gaming the Villain

    When gaming becomes a source of family conflict, it’s easy for the game itself to become the enemy. But to your child, gaming may be much more than staring at a screen. It might be where they spend time with friends, master difficult skills, build elaborate worlds, compete, create, laugh or simply unwind. You don’t have to love gaming, or allow unlimited access to it, to take your child’s interest seriously. Understanding what your child gets from gaming may even make it easier to set healthier boundaries around it.

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Parent-Child ConnectionEarly Childhood – Teen · 60 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 4

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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Parent-Child ConnectionAll ages · 59 min

Our Ways in Raising Children, Part 2

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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Parent-Child ConnectionPreteen – Teen · 9 min

Handling Difficult Teenagers

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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Parent-Child ConnectionEarly Childhood – Teen · 10 min

10 Parental Daily Habits That Raise Confident Kids

10 min · This video argues that real confidence is built through thousands of small daily moments rather than big speeches or expensive opportunities.…

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Parent-Child ConnectionEarly Childhood – Teen · 13 min

8 Phrases Wise Parents Never Say to Their Children

13 min · This video identifies eight phrases it argues can undermine connection when they become repeated patterns — from sibling comparisons and negative…

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Parent-Child ConnectionEarly Childhood · 8 min

How Every Child Can Thrive by Five

8 min · A seven-year-old TED speaker, Molly Wright, explains with help from a live baby demonstration why she believes simple everyday interactions like…

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