Tuhaa "Te ti'araa metua"

I would like to start off this article by reiterating the fact that in my opinion both baby girls and boys are an absolute blessing from the Almighty and not one gender should...

Bismillah " O oe te taata ha'uti matamua e te maitai roa a'e no ta oe tamarii " E mea arearea roa te ha'utiraa moni, te mea taa ê e te mea faufaa no te tupuraa o te mau tamarii. E nehenehe te mau ohipa atoa e riro ei ohipa hauti..

”Play is truly the work of childhood” Three year old Hamza called after his mother, his soft voice filled with excitement. ”Mama, Mama….” he repeated, his voice getting louder. She...

We can all probably spurt out a list of mistakes our parents made with us when we were young. For some reason, faults are often more memorable and vivid than...

This year marked ten years of me being a working mother, not necessarily something I am proud or ashamed of – it’s just the way the decade has panned out...

Te mau peropheta a Te mau Peropheta (Iosepha), hoê taata taparahi pohe(tei ni'a ia'na te mau haamaitairaa), e tu'ati te aamu i te pae varua hopea ore, te mau haapiiraa morare e te papa'iraa, i rotopu i te tahi atu mau taata e rave rahi. One of those timeless lessons is the eloquent portrayal of Prophet Ya`qub’s...

YOU’RE not. I know you’ve heard it before. You’ve read the articles, blog posts, tweets, and Facebook statuses…You know you’re not supposed to compare yourself to other moms. You know...

Muslim parents are often stressing over how to bring the deen (faaroo) into the everyday lives of their children. Ratou, understandably, want their children to absorb the deen and be...

HOW many times have you heard these statements from a new mummy? “My baby is only happy in my arms, the minute I put her down she cries.” “He sleeps...

10 sticky fingers, 10 grubby toes. Food stains down your chin and a runny nose! Not exactly the kind of lullaby you would like to sing to your bundle of...

MY nephew Hamza, huffs and puffs as I repeat myself for the third time instructing him to say ‘Bismillah’ (In the Name of Allah) before he eats his dinner. He’s hungry and...

“As parents we ask ourselves many things when it comes to raising our children…we worry about what they eat, what they watch, who they play with, how they behave themselves...

Maryam (A HI'O) o te hoê ïa o te mau vahine maitai roa a'e i faahitihia i roto i te Quran. Allah (SWT) ua ma'iti ia'na ia riro ei metua vahine no te peropheta 'Isa (A HI'O). A whole chapter in the...

For the last few years, a multitude of international health agencies including UNICEF and WHO realized the benefits and importance breastfeeding. Maternal milk has been the subject of studies, academic...