Topic: Essential Oils Safety

http://naturopathicpediatrics.com/2014/09/08/essential-oil-safety-danger-essential-oils-seizures-children/

1. Proper Dilution when using on children
2. Safer to rub diluted EO on their foot/ankles
3. Not taken internally for kids

Change your story

http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/brene-brown-on-how-to-reckon-with-emotion-and-change-your-narrative/

Brené Brown on How to Reckon with Emotion and Change Your Narrative

The most powerful stories may be the ones we tell ourselves, says Brené Brown. But beware—they're usually fiction.

Childism

Seriously.

Yes, I have been guilty of prejudice against my children. Do you know what prejudice against a child is?

It's treating a child with contempt, disgust, irritability, and other negative emotions akin to them, JUST BECAUSE.

Yes, 'Just because'

Seriously parenting has also taught me a lot about life and being muslim than anything else.

Children are PURER and more CLOSER to the CORRECT fitrah than most adults.

Children are not merely "bag of genes" of their parents.

Let me say that again.

CHILREN

ARE

NOT

MERELY A BAG OF GENES AND HABITS TAKEN FROM EITHER PARENT.

If YOU are going to treat my child that way as I struggle to be NOT LIKE YOU, please BEWARE.

Sebab saya ada senjata DOAA.

Bukan sebab DOAA saya makbul sangat, I'm just as sinful as the next person.

Tapi yang penting saya pun manusia biasa, dan Allah tak tutup lagi pintu taubat untuk saya.

Speak with gentleness to my child, as I ALSO am learning to speak gently to them and to treat them with RESPECT and not CONTEMPT.

Yours Truly,
Al-Amirah Mokhtar

Hajj for kids

1. hajj map: https://islamicbulletinboards.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/hajjmapkidsbb.pdf

2. productive muslim hajj for kids: http://productivemuslim.com/hajj-for-kids/

3. blank activity page:
http://www.smartark.com/downloads/misc/hajjactivity3.pdf (blank cards)

4. day by day :https://islamicbulletinboards.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/hajjdaybydaybb.pdf

5. resources: http://ummmaimoonahrecords.blogspot.com/2012/10/hajj-resources.html

6. story of prophet ibrahim:http://islam4kids.com/i4k/downloads/pdf/STO_IBRAAHEEM_ACT.pdf

7. story of prophet ibrahim (no pix):http://islam4kids.com/i4k/downloads/pdf/STO_IBRAAHEEM.pdf

8. hajj for pre-k: http://amuslimchildisborn.blogspot.com/2012/10/hajj-theme-pack-prek-kindergarten.html

Fitrah

This is what I call, the fitrah voice pulling the spirit back to Allah and Fitrah:

http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/alan_watts_what_is_wrong_with_our_culture/

Me

It is better for me to not have it all and say, I am nobody.
Than to have a drop, yet say I know much.

Soothing mechanism

i was thinking, to soothe myself hari tu, that mungkin sekali if i had had syeikha's racing track, maybe i won't be who i am today. maybe i would be worst. maybe i would be arrogant and simply loathful