Enhancement (Tazkyah) of the Family

We are fully aware of the family’s being the corner stone in any social structure; that any weakness or deficiency here will expose, at the social level, to the danger of the that structure’s dilapidation and loss.

At the same time, the family is the child’s first referential group, for providing its enlightenment, values, and criteria; and the first source for gratifying its basis needs; and is also its social and psychological basis.  

Hence, we take this Axis most seriously, considering its vital importance, for the society in general and for the family’s members too. A main element of our ‘Rejuvenation of a Generation’ is focusing on the ‘Axis of Enhancing the Family’, by offering vital and realistic training in relation with this this Axis: our aim is to support the family, for the family will in turn support us in upgrading the generation.

This Axis is divided into four training portfolios:

• Enhancing the family – enhancing the marital relationships
• Enhancing the family – parental skills (in raising children) from birth until age 7
• Enhancing the family – parental skills (in raising children) from 8 years till 12 years
• Enhancing the family – parental skills (in raising children) from 13 years till 18 years.

In this Axis:

• We present basic concepts in caring for children: surveying the fundamentals and values and objectives which work as the foundation on which a family is built.
• The parents will be trained, in this portfolio, to acquire basis skills that they may employ in caring for the family – concepts and skill like emotional intelligence, active listening, solving problems and disputes, ways of reinforcing an atmosphere of affection and compassion at home; they will come to realize the importance of all such skills and their outcome in the family life.
• The parents will be trained to have the skills of dealing with stress, and will comprehend the concept of framing within the family: its effect on relationships, and treating.
• The parents will also be acquainted with some misunderstandings within the family, and their effects on relationships; and how to avoid them; they will also be acquainted with the basic principles of a mentally healthy family life.
• The parents will come to realize the basic needs of children, the adverse consequences of failing to fulfill them; and also the developmental characteristics of each age stage, its needs and requirements.
• There will be stressed the misconceptions and mistaken ways related to dealing with children; the right approach to changing the manifestations of those morals and behaviors – this will enable the parents to better perceive their educational role.
• We also aim to have the parents comprehend the importance of knowledge for education; and will come to notice that as it applies to the behavior of individuals and societies.
• We took care, at the same time, to take up a number of behavioral problems; and to presents some skills and cognitive-behavioral ways that help in curbing the problems; and that will come by through introducing the parents to the way behavior develop; and to train them how to introduce, reinforce, and change behavior.  
• From the portfolios of this Axis, the parents will also learn the management of relationships, the importance of establishing balanced relationships with others, and how this will play its role in bringing about security and mental stability, for the individual and the family; and its importance also for the relationship with the extended family, and how to support such relationships.
• We aim to have such skills and educational approaches take their place in the real family life, how to practice them in real-sense situations; and that will be come about through the home assignments, which are a regular feature that is given at the end of each training session.

This training takes place through real-life examples and interactive activities, which are designed to shed light on the concepts, and translate them into application.

For more information about the details of the training portfolios (course) on the Axis of Enhancing the Family, please click on the following links:

Enhancing the Family – Enhancing marital relationships

Enhancing the Family – Parental skills in raising the children from birth until age 7

Note:

As for the training portfolio of parental skills in raising children of ages 8 to 12 years; and also the portfolio of parental skills in raising children of ages 15 to 18 years, they are currently in the process of preparation.