SToRaY asked:
I heard some of the family comes back to their homeland when they find that their kids are going wrong ways and they cannot raise their kids islamically over there.
I heard some of the family comes back to their homeland when they find that their kids are going wrong ways and they cannot raise their kids islamically over there.
(((((((((((those who r living there and are muslims, their answer r more welcome.))))))))
thank you!
Lori
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Yeah I’ve heard they have difficulty obtaining rocket propelled grenades, AK 47s, Kalashnikovs, & suchlike there!
Well, I’m not a Muslim; but there is this Muslim girl in my history class.
A boy was playing with her headdress and no one told her since no one’s friends with her for being Muslim.
I’m OK with her; but I bet had she been another culture someone would have told her that they were playing with her.
Man, where do I start, I’m a guy so it was a little easier. but I was drinking in high school,(I’m good now) and the sisters will find it toughto wear hijab, since we were not allowed to have headgears in school. so yes its tough, but the Important thing is to have ur kids know their background before they live in America, that ways its not as easy 2 go astray
Well, especially because of recent history, there has been a real growth of plain anti-Islamic, and especially anti-Arab sentiment in the United States. Of course this does not represent the majority of our people, who (I hope) remain more open to others as individuals than the quite virulent minority.
Even so, it will certainly be a difficult challenge raising your kids in the next several years, faced as they will be with the powerful forces of peer-group pressure, especially in public schools. Many Americans (whatever the reason) have developed a nasty habit of practicing tribalism in the last decade. Whatever makes a person “different” is at first a reason for them to be ostracized, and then for the victims themselves to group together for mutual support and protection. So the outcasts often become “gangs” themselves, or at least seen as such.
When I was a little boy growing up in the then segregated environment of Memphis, Tennessee, our family had no prejudices against people of other races. That training at home was an important thing, and stuck with me, perhaps just as racism probably would have become a “natural” part of me if I had been taught that.
So perhaps the very best thing is to make sure your children can rely on you as a parent to be open to hear what they are faced with, especially at school. There will undoubtedly be some friends that aren’t Muslim that they will make. Maybe it would be good to suggest your kids invite these friends to your home for a meal, or just to play together. Then those kids can help your children better integrate, and perhaps even be a buffer against isolation or criticism from others. But above all I think it’s so important that whatever children express, that it be given real attention at home, so that they feel their thoughts and feelings, as well as their cultural beliefs and heritage are important.
I think the problem is that many parents who migrate to a different country do not speak the language and can not relate to issues that their children go through in that country. When they take them to their background country, the children can not relate to the culture there. The solution is for those parents to understand the country of their children and to teach their children what their background brings to this country and how to participate in society without losing their identity.
I live in Australia. We have many resources set up for this including Religious Advisors who speak with our australian accent and know what we deal with in society.
And our radio station.
Salam
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