Be A Strong Father
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
Pledge for Fathers and Men (via Electronic Village)
- I will take my children or a child to school and I will be at a school on the first day to encourage all children to do their best every day at school.
- I am responsible for the education of my child.
- I will volunteer at my child
Filed under: Children's Issues
Agree with all of them… except I don’t know about volunteering three times a year hehe
Ali
What a beautiful conception and possibly even better end. That
Yes - I do all of that more. All of these things should be integrated into your life. The education of our children should be taken just as seriously as providing for their welfare. We definitely need a holistic approach to it all.
Salaam
I would like to add taking your child to the museum, library, bookstore, botanical garden and the zoo. We should take our children to the park and make sure that they remain active as well.
Peace
Salaam Tariq,
I’m really diggin the proactive approach to your blog these days! Ma’sha’Allah! Good for you!
: )
That’s what I’m saying. Take an active role in what your kids are doing and where they want to go. If mothers and fathers keep this is mind, maybe fewer children would be “left behind”?????
This is an excellent post!
If I may Tariq, I would like to add to that discipline is a key as well. From homework to housework discipline is something that Fathers most do, and we must do it correctly.
My fellow Fathers need to step up and discipline our children in a way that does not affect their self-esteem. Very few of us actually take time to evaluate our parenting style, rather we are content with the way we were raised. Many of us discipline the same way we were disciplined by our parents.
I try to remind myself that in disciplining my child my goal is to change the action and make my children understand the relevance of his or her action, and why it can’t happen again. Unfortunately for a lot of us, the converse is more often the case, wherein we are discipling just to stop the action at whatever cost.
The pillar of the household is not the Mother, it is a strong Father. We will no longer take this responsibility lightly. How we discipline our children goes a long way in the relationship that we will develop with them.
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Salaam Alaikum,
I hope no one is offended if I add a few suggestions for fathers whose children are being homeschooled. My apologies in advance, — I do mean well. Let
Wa laykum Salaam,
I’m on board (literally on the board) yet, I think that there is a fallacy in this is that it is aimed at “fathers” rather than “parents”.
The parents need to come together stop the blame game.
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