But if they (the parents) strive against you to make you...

But if they (the parents) strive against you to make you associate partners with Me in worship (which you have no knowledge of), then do not obey them, but treat them in this world kindly, and follow the path of he who turns to Me in repentance and in obedience. Then to Me will be your return, and I shall inform you of what you used to do. O my son!

If there be (anything) equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Verily, Allah is Subtle (in bringing out that grain), Well-Aware (of its place).O my son!

Aqim-is-Salat (perform the prayers on time and correctly), call people to Al-Ma'ruf (Islamic Monotheism and all that is good), and warn people from Al-Munkar (polytheism of all kinds and all that is evil and bad), and bear with patience whatever befalls you. Verily! These are some of the important commandments ordered by Allah with no exemption. And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not each arrogant boaster.

And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the voice (braying) of the donkey" (Qur’an, 31:13-19). To return to our topic of caring Tarbiyya, maintaining a positive environment for a child serves to not damage their self esteem and maintain the loving relationship between teacher and student.

Also, the importance of keeping children motivated through a caring environment seems to be timeless because even nowadays academics such as Deborah Stipek and Allan Wigfield have highlighted how important the classroom environment is for maintaining motivation34 (2010, February).

On correcting mistakes in general, there are numerous cases where prophet Muhammad stressed on explaining to people the reason why what they were doing is wrong, and not hastening to condemn them (Bukhari, 717, 4992 & Al-Nisaa’i, 4999 in USC), many times offering them more appropriate alternatives (Al-Nisaa’i, 1119 in USC).

One bedouin man had once urinated in a mosque, because he had not realized that it was a sacred place and the companions of prophet Muhammad were outraged and were going to grab him, but prophet Muhammad amazingly commanded his companions to not even interrupt him, nor yell at him, but to simply let him finish.