Abcd fob...whatever

[Khan4Life]

Re: Abcd fob…whatever

@Mezhgan

Raising children in the Middle East isn’t necessarily easier than raising children here. Whether or not children grow up to be decent, respectful members of society depends on the upbringing they received at home from their parents, not where they grew up. I’m not saying that environment does not play a role in this as it definitely does but not to the degree that many people think.

An interesting thing I’ve noticed here (I live in the UK) is that it is often the newly arrived kids (I’m not keen on the word “fob” or “freshie” as they’re termed here) who lose their way as a result of wanting to fit in to what they think western society is like and not knowing how to handle their newly found “freedom.”

You’re right that it also depends on the upbringing of children because sometimes kids brought up in Pakistan are worse than ones in the west and best ex. of this are my cousins born and bred in uk, both brothers one in early 40’s have twins girls and another in late 30’s and both are great human beings who never lost their track but one thing is missing from the younger brother’s life is ‘Religion’. It’s not like he disrespect or don’t have faith but he never get that teaching from his parents at the right time to learn about Islam so he doesn’t pray and fast at all and the elder brother’s kids now turned to 5 but haven’t been to Pakistan once so they don’t know nothing about their relatives, culture which may lead to same what Islamabadi was talking about.

I’m in Canada and same terms above also used here for us. Well what I observed now that some parents now sending their children to Islamic schools doesn’t matter how expensive they are but they don’t want to send them to public schools just because of their environment.