The Educational System In Islam

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Thefamilypleasurepromptstranquillityinthechildren’smindsand
helpsinfacingthelifedifficulties.SalamaMusasays,“Thefamilypleas-
ureofchildren promptstranquillity tothe degreethat itdoesnotfade
awayeveniffathersdepartthe life.WhenthechildrenofLondonwere
evacuatedduringtheraidsoftheSecondWorldWar,itwasfoundthat
thechildrenwhoenjoyedthatfamilypleasurecouldstandtheestrange-
mentmorethantheotherscould.Thisprovesthatthefamilysatisfactory
mood prompts tranquillity in the children’s minds. Hence, those chil-
drencould encounterthe estrangement satisfactorily.Estrangement in-
creasedforthechildrenwhowerebroughtupintroublesomemood.Fin-
ally,weexpectthechildrentoprovidepleasureiftheyarebroughtupin
pleasant mood.”.


Second,familiesshouldsupervisetheprocessesofeducation.Sociolo-
gists confirm this necessity. They emphasize that families must be in
charge ofthe processesof the socialeducationthrough which thechil-
drenacquiretheculturalexpertsandtherulingsthatmakethemeligible
forreceivingmoreandmore,andfitenoughfordealingwiththesociety.
Correspondingly, educationists confirm that parents should afford
enoughcompassion,sympathy,andkindnesstotheirchildrenforsecur-
ingthemagainstdepressionandmelancholy.UNESCOprovidedanote-
worthyreportaboutthedefectsthatmaybesufferedbythechildrendue
tothedeficiencyoffathers’compassion.“Children’sdeprivationoftheir
fathers,whether temporarilyorpermanently,resultsin depressionand
melancholy accompanied by feelings of sinfulness and malice. It also
causes uncontrollablerebellious tempers,self-faintness, andlossof the
feelingoffamilycompassion.Childrenthatareaffectedbythe depriva-
tionoffathersalwaysswiminillusiveworlds,becausetheyarethesub-
stitutesoftheactualworldthattheyhavelost.Inmostcases,theydream
of heroic fathersandangelic mothers. Ina survey onkindergartens, it
has been noticed that defects, such as difficulty of articulation, ill
naturednessanddeficiencyofemotionalsentiment,occurtothechildren
whodeparttheirparents,despitetheirgoodhealth,maturity,andaccur-
ate intentional motives..


Associationandsupervisionarethebestwaysofprotectingthechil-
dren.Moderneducationistsaffirmthat thebestheritagethatshouldbe
left tothe children isno more thana few minutes aday.. Sociologists
whosurvey the juveniledelinquencyhaveproventhat thebestway of

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