This is especially the case when...

This is especially the case when, if the child is unsuccessful, it is followed by belittling statements like: “Don’t bother trying, you can’t, you don’t have the capability.” Pray for your children, both during pregnancy and afterwards.[^11] Reminders and requests should be given with gentleness and softness so as not to create a barrier between parents and child.

One day, Imām Husain called his children and his brother’s children together and said to them: “All of you are the children of today’s society and, it is hoped, the leaders of tomorrow’s society.

So learn and make efforts in the acquisition of knowledge, and whoever does not have a good memory and cannot memorise the subjects taught by the teacher in teaching sessions, (should) write them down and keep them at home.” Thus we see that the Imām created the love of acquiring knowledge in them without using techniques like scaring or forcing them, but by making them understand that knowledge is the path to honour and esteem.

If your child is respected, he/she is less likely to rebel against the rules of the house. Respect and good interaction between parent and child are the bases in…