The essay this week asked what children are searching for that they’re not finding at home. This episode goes somewhere the essay couldn’t.
In this episode
I share a story from a family I worked with that stopped me cold, and what happened when I went home and asked my own kids about it.
I talk honestly about what my husband and I didn’t get right in the early days of navigating phones and social media, and what happened when I changed my approach.
And I try to answer the question I know every Muslim parent is sitting with right now: how do we protect our children from something that’s moving faster than we can track?
This episode is for the Muslim parent who feels like they’re already behind, who’s been stunned by something their child said or showed them, and who needs to hear that the answer isn’t about having more control. It’s about something else entirely.
You’re doing better than you think.
With du’a,
Gulnaz, Halal Parenting.
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Reference:
“And whoever relies upon Allah, then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a decreed extent.”
(Quran 65:3)
