Spoiled Children

PARENTING: AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE friendships, outings, clubs, and romantic relationships. At this stage, when parents attempt to intervene and impose restrictions, children resist, rejecting their parents’ attempts at control. Undoubtedly, this is a consequence of the negligence of the parents themselves. During their formative years, parents instilled in their children that all their desires should be satisfied. As they enter adulthood, this mindset intensifies, leading them to pursue activities disapproved of by their parents to fulfil their desires. Yet, one must question who instilled the “My desire is everything” disposition in the children. It was the parents themselves through their indulgence. The truth is that, in this regard, parents are unwittingly exhibiting enmity toward their children, masked as love.