The world we grew up in yesterday is not the world our children are growing up in today; nor will it be the world they’ll grow up in tomorrow. The world is less friendly, less vigilant to uphold good morals and ethics, and overall less safe. Our children will grow up in a hyper-social and sexual society that encourages and even demands a 'look-at-me' lifestyle. They will enter puberty at younger ages. They will be exposed to differing thoughts and ideas more abundantly and at younger ages than we were. So please, step up to the plate and be parents. Put less reliance upon the Imam, the Masjid, the school, the teachers, etc. in raising your children. Stop outsourcing the job because, more than anyone in the world, through all the trials they’ll face, your children need you. They need you to listen to them, to play with them, to educate them… to parent them. - AlBaseerah