Child Upbringing (Successful Family Upbringing Series 02) | Essential Principles of Parenting

Child Upbringing (Successful Family Upbringing Series 02) | Essential Principles of Parenting

Child Upbringing (Successful Family Upbringing Series 02) by Dr. Abdul Karim Bakkar presents ten essential principles for raising children with wisdom, compassion, and strong Islamic values. As the second volume in the Successful Family Upbringing Series, the book provides practical guidance on nurturing a child's physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development. Dr. Bakkar explains the vital role parents play in shaping their children's character through positive role modeling, effective communication, balanced discipline, and a supportive home environment. He also offers practical solutions to common parenting challenges while emphasizing the importance of instilling faith, responsibility, confidence, and good manners from an early age. This insightful guide is an excellent resource for parents, educators, and caregivers seeking to build strong families based on Islamic principles.

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A presentation of ten important guiding principles in child upbringing and nurturing.

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A Comprehensive Approach to Child Development

Raising children requires more than love and good intentions—it demands understanding, patience, and effective guidance. The author explains that successful child upbringing is a thoughtful process built upon knowledge, experience, and meaningful interaction. Through clear and practical advice, parents learn how to create an environment that supports their children's intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual growth.

Ten Guiding Principles for Effective Parenting

The book presents ten foundational principles that help families establish a strong framework for child upbringing, including:

Preparing for parenthood before a child is born.
Raising children with a clear Islamic purpose.
Understanding the influence of family, society, and environment.
Making education an interactive process.
Setting clear goals for upbringing.
Focusing on priorities in child development.
Maintaining balance and moderation in parenting.

Each principle is explained with practical examples that parents can apply in everyday family life.

Islamic Values at the Heart of Parenting

Prof. Dr. Abdul Karim Bakkar emphasizes that the ultimate goal of child upbringing is to nurture children who worship Allah, uphold Islamic values, and contribute positively to society. While benefiting from modern educational methods, the book encourages parents to preserve their Islamic identity by instilling faith, good manners, responsibility, and obedience to Allah from an early age.

Practical Guidance for Parents and Educators

Written in an accessible style, this book helps readers understand children's psychological needs, respond wisely to challenges, and build lasting relationships based on trust, compassion, and positive communication. It reminds parents that effective upbringing is a lifelong journey that requires continuous learning and sincere dedication.

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• Dr Abdul Karim Bakkar

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SUCCESSFUL FAMILY UPBRINGING SERIES
CHILD UPBRINGING
A presentation of TEN important guiding principles in child upbringing and nurturing.
PROF. DR. ABDUL KARIM BAKKAR
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SUCCESSFUL FAMILY
UPBRINGING SERIES
CHILD UPBRINGING
A presentation of TEN important guiding principles in child upbringing and nurturing
PROF. DR. ABDUL KARIM BAKKAR
It is noteworthy that there exist today, many educational books of good value as well as inferior ones; a fact that has caused many people to be confused in the choice of books to enrich their ability to train their children wisely and successfully.
On the other hand, the list of needs that are considered necessary for education has now expanded very greatly. And we know well that when things considered to be crucial needs have reached a hundred or two, one naturally feels a weakness to confront the challenge of providing them; which may even cause one to turn away partly or completely.
From this standpoint, my thoughts have been arrested by the need for me to discuss the master key in interacting with young people and training them, which is the mother. Perhaps by this, I will help my reader to possess and expand his latitude in understanding the psychology of child upbringing and its basic methodology.
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CONTENTS
Publisher's Note
Preface
101 THE FIRST PRINCIPLE
Pay Attention To Child Upbringing Even Before Having The Child
02 THE SECOND PRINCIPLE.
We Are Part Of The World But We Have Our Peculiarities
03 THE THRID PRINCIPLE
Is The Environment Just Everything? 104 THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE
Education Must Be Interactive.
05 THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE
The Goal Of Education Must Be Clear
06 THE SIXTH PRINCIPLE...
Concentrate
107 THE SEVENTH PRINCIPLE.
Maintaining A Middle Course
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THE SECOND PRINCIPLE
The details of this principle need to be understood and to be recalled to the mind daily at every effort we make in the name
of upbringing. In the view of Islam, the purpose of educating children goes beyond the desire to build a generation of strong, relevant, and successful individuals. It is basically to build a generation of pious believers who would foremost work to accomplish the will of Allah on earth, through calling to the path of Allah and obeying His injunctions. This is only possible after imparting the right values and principles to them from the Islamic perspective, in accordance with Islam's scale of ranking priorities.
We do want to live in our time as people who are fully aware of all its trappings, to influence events around us and contribute to general trends. We desire this for our kids too, but only for a greater, more honorable purpose, which is to earn Allah's ultimate pleasure. This is not possible unless we first teach our families how to watch the limits set by Allah, both in times of ease and in adversity.
This principle points to two fundamental things. One, that in this endeavor of child upbringing, we are only a part of the bigger world around us whose trends and currents influence us. We also benefit from the world its ways and tools in the training of our little ones. With rapt attention and open-mindedness, we listen to its precepts and seek to benefit from its discoveries. We are sure to find a lot of material that would be of help to us in our mission of child upbringing.
Two, that in spite of being a part of this larger world, we are different at two distinct levels. Firstly, it is the level of problem identification, since the problems of children in Tunisia, Pakistan, and Malaysia are different from those of children in France, Australia, and Canada. These are two different worlds altogether and problems related to children in different countries are necessarily different too.
Secondly, it is the level of content and focus of education, the values, principles, and concepts that we consider essential to raise our children on, in order to produce pious individuals.
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CHILD UPBRINGING
When anyone buys a complex modern device which he is not familiar with, he certainly would seek to operate it by first studying the user's manual, or asking people who have used a similar device before. Manufacturers often warn against using their products before acquiring the requisite know-how; and many have made mistakes which eventually led to the destruction of equipment they had paid so highly to acquire.
A child is more complex than any modern device. Giving a child a proper upbringing requires a combination of knowledge, experience and skill.
However, people hate to acknowledge this and it is the reason why some people may have the courage to beget seven children without ever considering reading a pamphlet, listening to a lecture or even consulting a specialist (in child upbringing).
We are already paying the price for that brazenness, which is the delinquency of many adolescents besides the failure of many in their educational pursuits and practical life. However, there is hope in what we see these days, of increase in awareness regarding the need for proper upbringing and specialized education.
Perhaps I should make the following observations on this subject:
1. By the term 'Education in Upbringing', we mean the combination of all information and skills required for creating a conducive environment in training the young ones, educating them, imparting good manners, as well as dealing with their mistakes and problems associated with them. It also means understanding the essence of upbringing, how it is dependent on interacting with youths and creating a sense of belonging in them.
Apart from that, we need to understand the principles, values, sacrifices, ideologies, and concept involved in this process. Never will these ingredients come together