Should I “name their private parts”: Preventing Abuse of Our Children Using an Islamic Approach Arbain • Open main compartment

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Our hope is that these projects will help plant the love for our Noble Prophet (ṣ) and his Ahlul Bayt (ʿa) in the hearts of our children

and the importance of unity within the Ummah

and an overview of Allah (swt) and some of His attributes

- A series of writing prompts that are tools of therapy

Should I “name their private parts”: Preventing Abuse of Our Children Using an Islamic Approach Arbain • Open main compartmentWith the rise in awareness of sexual abuse of children, parents are deeply concerned about how to prevent abuse of their precious children. One method that is being propagated by some anti abuse organizations, therapists, and doctors is for parents to correctly teach the names of private anatomy to their child, from the time of their infancy. The rationale is that if children know the words for their private parts, they will not feel shame about them