A mother
has significant, basic role in education. This is evident in the following
points:
1. The family influence in education
-The
family is the first tier in the process of social upbringing. It is the family
that instil in the child the standard by which he or she judges everything he
or she later receives from all social institutions.
2. The child is influenced by mother’s condition at
pregnancy
-The
mother dominates a stage of the child’s life all by herself with nobody else
sharing her role. An embryo in its mother’s womb is influenced by several things.
One of these things is nourishment. The type of food an embryo received from
its mother affects it in various ways.
3. A mother’s role in early childhood
-Early
childhood is a very important state in the raising of the child, and the role
of the mother at that stage is greater than of anybody else. While the baby is
still nursing, she has the greatest contact with it. For a great purpose that
Allah Ta’ala made, the only nourishment of the baby at this stage is by nursing
from it’s mother.
4. A mother’s role with her daughters
-If a
mother is the closest person to children in their early childhood, this
closeness is greater and continues longer in the case of daughters. It is very
necessary for a mother to live with her daughters and be close to them. A girl
is more likely to be open with her mother than her father. It is necessary for
the mother to fill the emotional void her daughters suffer from.
5. A Mother Should Know the Private Details in the Life of Her Children
-A mother
takes care of the clothes of her children and the housework of the house, as
well as intimate details that concern her children. A mother represents one
half of the household, and a father can by no means meet the full
responsibility of raising his children. Nor can the school alone have the full
responsibility. The combine efforts of all concerned parties should work in
harmony towards the same end.
