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Introduction “Rather, the heart of
Almighty Allah said: the juvenile (youngster,
“O you who believe, child, minor) is like a
ward off yourselves and vacant land. It accepts
your families against a whatever is thrown into
fire”. (Qur'an, 66: 6) it. So, I took the
initiative to discipline
When this verse was sent, you with politeness
people asked how would we before your heart
protect our families against hardens, and works for
fire. The Prophet, peace be you”. (Nahj al-Balagha,
upon him, answered as Imam Sermons 3)
Sadiq told:
“Do good, remind your When the child reaches
family of it and adolescence, some challenges
discipline them to obey begin. It is a phase that
God [Allah]”. (Noori oscillates between childhood
and adulthood. A teenager may
Tabarsi, V. 12: 201, feel kind of lost as he is no
Hadith 13881-13882) longer a child and has not yet
become a man. It's neither this
Pedagogy emphasizes the nor that. That's why he needs
initiative to educate and to be attended, educated, cared
discipline kids since early for, and understood by
childhood. This was confirmed educationists. This is where
by the Commander of the the role of parenting comes,
Faithful, Imam Ali, when he which means pledging the
said to his son Hassan: child's development, step by
step, until he reaches full
development.
