Nurturing your children

You know how people say that we should start talking to our baby even when they are still in our tummy? Well, I tried my best while I was carrying Izzul. It felt weird initially but after a while, it's like talking to oneself, you'll get a kick out of it... Now that I am carrying the 2nd one, I feel bad that I hardly had any time to do that. Yes, I am a bad mother. Now I am blaming time for not allocating enough time to lock myself in the room and talk to my womb. Honestly, I have totally forgotten about how essential it is to be start talking to my until lately when I read about this boy named Adi Putra. The little genius from Malaysia. One line from the article caught my attention and that is when the mother confessed to reciting verses from Al-Quran daily while she was carrying Adi in her womb. The verses were especially from surah Maryam, Luqman and Yusuf. The key word here is DAILY. But her effort to mould a genius didn't stop at leaving it all to God. As parents, they never stopped Adi from learning anything at an early age and they observed their son close enough to notice that he is special in his own way and use his inclinations to his advantage. Kudos to Adi's parent!

Well, last Saturday, I attended a religious talk by Sit NorBayah and her husband on "Kerukunan Rumah Tangga". A big part of the talk touch base on how we should nurture our children holistically. Throughout the long lecture, I manage to bring home one crucial point and that is when you are scolding your children, scold from your heart and not your emotions. Hmm, now that I translated that to English, it sounds weird. "Marah dari hati dan bukan emosi. Marah dgn kasih sayang" Those were her exact words. Anyway, at the end of the talk, we managed to grab a pic with her. Nice lady.