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Salaam
When I was in Year 7 I really looked up to the girls in the years above… Befriending people in the year above boosted the popularity of the younger lot…obviously befriending the older lot was easier if you had an older sibling.
In my town there are many older guys who get the younger lot to do their dirty work…they use the younger lot to sell their weed, jack cars or make them do manual labour ….the younger kids buzz of the fact that someone “older and more popular” is paying them attention and sometimes they get a tenner out of doing work for them…
My brother is banned from hanging round with guys who are older than him.
For the past four years I’ve led two study circles a week and have taught in an Islamic Summer School almost every year….I have a small group of 12/13 year olds who attend almost all that I’m involved in….only the other day I realised that these girls do pretty much anything I tell them to do…
I remember when I was 12/13….I didn’t listen to my parents, I ignored my siblings…but the opinion of my mates meant everything to me, esp if they were older then me.
Kids aged 12-15 are incredibly influential…Sheikh Abdul Qadr Jillani (ra) said that at this age kids are like sponges, easily influenced and remember for life what they are exposed to…
I think that those of us who take Islam seriously should all take a young person under their wing…
What do you guys think?
Wasalaam
109 comments
Noor Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 01:18
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yes
well i think anyway, depends what mosque u went to.
Angel Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 01:23
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lol i just saw your post I was shocked, you actaly took care of children :shock: I like your way of thinking, your approach was correct and its pretty much what I have been taught in psychology. It's interestin how kids behave in a situation where others are rewarded and they aint.
You Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 01:25
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yep, its interesting.
My conclusion was they cry.
:twisted:
(It's true, but in the future it made the kids think before going against what I was asking...)
Angel Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 01:27
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I thought it was to help them but its all about YOU :evil: how selfish.
MuslimBro Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 01:29
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You're talking about the behavioural approach here.
Rewarding for good behaviour and punishing (deprivation of sweets in this case) for bad behaviour. There have been quite alot of experiments on animals regarding this idea.
You Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 01:31
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It teaches them discipline.
More importantly, how to size someone up. Find out who will be good to listen to, and who can safely be ignored.
These are valuable life lessons.
I haven't really decided wether I am selfish or not yet. Too many variables. It all leads to confusion.
(and I would not say I took care of them. I was just as much a kid as anyone else.)
Exquisite Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 10:09
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Lolz, mechanisms of operant conditioning, called reinforcers,if my memory serves me correct.
in my mosque i had two teachers, but i only remember one, he never laid a finger on any of us, n mashaAllah i still look up to him now this was like 10 years ago, he was such a sweet man, i miss him so much, he is ill at the moment so ppl do make dua for him.
anyways backto the topic, my daddy was considering fostering cuz i think it was shazan bhai who pointed out the some of the boroughs of london hav alot of Muslim kids who dont hav any families, i was reading some online n its so sad, there was on kid whose mother has a mental illness n no one knws the whereabouts of the father, n mother is unable to look after him so he has to be but into care. but due to some unforeseen circumstances we werent able to carry out the intention of fostering, but there is a major need for muslim carers out there
Medarris Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 12:15
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From my personal experience the mosque is great and teaching although varies from mosque to mosque in my own experience its been brilliant.
Dunno what all the fuss is abt :roll:
Exquisite Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 12:22
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yeah i loved my mosque as well, but it had to be shut down cuz of funding and at the end dad started teaching, i loved mosque so much cuz my teach he did a mixture of Quran n islamic history and art so it was fun
star Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 14:58
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Maybe you hav not realised that calling people who by far may be much better than your-self nicknames is nothing much to be proud of, and is indeed a evil sin.
zara Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:03
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i don't like going to mosque to learn quran, i always get beats. my teacher hit me with a stick, never went back!
Noor Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:05
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Well you shudnt be a naughty girl then!
lol
jokes.
zara Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:06
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i nicked the teachers quran, left mine at home. that's why he hit me. 😂
Noor Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:09
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Well then u have only got urself to blame! you shudnt be steeling stuff and especially in a Mosque! The house of Allah!
Get a grip girl!
zara Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:11
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oh come on! only for an hour. i kinda borrowed it. (but without telling him)
Noor Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:15
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Well if you did the sensible thing and asked your teacher, i'm sure she wouldnt have minded!
You learn from your mistakes hopefully and move on.
zara Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:20
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yeah, should have told the truth, oh well...
MuslimSisLilSis Sun, 13 Aug 2006 - 15:35
Re: Assalamu Alaikum
if ANY mosque i attended or didnt attend thought it was according to "islamic tradition" to beat kids
then by all means anyone wud have more then a right to insult that mosque
if u think that physically chastising a child is OK then good for u-for ur own sake i hope that higher authorities also see it that way
did i say that I will involve authorities into Med's mosque? did i say I'm gonna call them up? did i say I'AM gonna close that mosque down
i said "it wud be a shame if someone does that"
such things dont lie quiet anyway-its only a matter of time before action is taken
this happenened to a number of mosque Imams in forest gate
i aint naive enough t think that it wont happen again.
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You Mon, 21 Aug 2006 - 00:48
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Now the argument has died down, I will answer your question.
I asked a guy affiliated with Minhajul Qur'an. Thought it would be a good way to put him on the back foot. You know, have some expense at his expense...
I never got the chance.
He told me the guy who ran the show on the welfare side died a couple of months or so ago. His shoes have not been adequately filled yet.
The guy was pretty young early 30's I think, and very principled from what I have heard.
May Allah grant him mercy, and his family patience.
(So just becareful where and when you start an offensive operation. If anyone wants to discuss this further, either start a new topic, or post in notopic. This thread is still locked, but I felt after what I found out an answer was due.)
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