بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Teach your kids. That's all there is to it. Schools are a brilliant idea on paper, but in terms of early-years education, teach your children at home if you can. Why? Because they need it. Schools are 90% control and 10% education, and while I definitely agree that there are ample opportunities to learn in early-years classrooms, I am not convinced that, in general, it is optimal learning.
None. In answer to your first question, I don't have any children, but I've had the opportunity to observe them and wonder about what works for them and what doesn't. And then, and then, and then (that's the dramatic influence of being around children), the green light goes off and I realize it doesn't need to be thought out. It's already there. Open the books of ahadith and it is there.
Women. Men. What. Is. The. Point. Of. Your. Lives? Really. Work. And Work. And Work. Annoying. It's an annoying way to live and to see people live when they have other options such as to choose to be a bit more simple or to not try to "secure" their futures so they can actually honour, respect, cherish, and live their present existence. It is lost time with your children and family that you'll never get back. It is lost opportunities to educate them on what it means to be a person, not an excellent school-attendee, but a decent person.
Is decent not a fabulous thing?
The best thing you can teach your child is how to think. To think intelligently, critically, and deeply rather than to replicate the masses. "If they but think..."
All these fragmented sentences are getting me nowhere. I feel a deep sadness and rage for the utmost confusion that we harvest in times that we boast as being advanced. Get over the illusion and get to the heart of the matter. Families need to be re-built and they need work. Marriages need to last. People need to find themselves and find a place where they can live with sincerity and not judgments, with tranquility and not demands.
I suppose I should be living alone on some island. Some things are possible but not always optimal.
اللهم اهدنا آمين
2 comments:
My dearest,
Did you say you should be living on an island?
Been a long time since I visited your blog, I'm glad you are finding time to write.I enjoy reading them.
Assalaamu'alaykum my dear :)
There are a lot of rambles to be found :). I'm surprised you commented...
Yes, well I imagine some might think I "should" be living on an island with the way I think, but if - theoretically or realistically- I did lived alone on an island, would it be optimal? :)
I'll bug you later inshaAllah. <3
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