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A common mistake parents make is to teach their kids to be accountable to them, rather than to be accountable to God first and foremost. If you teach your children that they are primarily accountable to God, they know that God and His recording angels see and record all that they do, even when you’re not around to watch them.

To achieve this, teach your children using relevant concepts and principles from the Quran and Hadith. Some examples are:

“He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then He established Himself on the Throne. He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever you may be. And God sees well all that you do.” (Quran 57:4)

“Serve God as you would if you could see Him; although you cannot see Him, He can see you.” (Muslim)

“Fear God wherever you are, and follow up a bad deed with a good one and it will wipe it out, and behave well towards people.” (Tirmidhi)

“Righteousness is good morality and wrongdoing is that which wavers in your soul and which you dislike people finding out about.” (Muslim)

“Leave alone that which is doubtful and adhere to that which is free from doubt; for truth is reassuring, and falsehood is disturbing.” (Tirmidhi)

As parents we should connect our children to God at a young age. Help them to understand that all of you follow a higher authority. Namely, God and His Messenger. And that God’s rules apply to you as well as them.

Let them know that on matters God and His Messenger have decided we have no choice. God tells us:

“It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by God and His Messenger, to have any option about their decision; if anyone disobeys God and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.” (Quran 33:36)