Ramadan Is The Right Time To Teach Children To Often Go To Mosques

Children in the Mosque (Pexels)

JAKARTA - Ramadan is the time to teach children the meaning of worship. This can be done by often bringing him to the mosque. "The most important thing to do is visit mosques often, it's okay They play around in the mosque, they know Ramadan, that's good," said Psychologist Tika Bisono, quoted from ANTARA, Thursday, March 16.

By visiting mosques regularly, according to him, it will be one of the ways that children are applied to worship. In addition, also teach ethics in visiting mosques, such as not hitting the bedug because it can interfere with the concentration of mosque pilgrims. If children have questions about fasting, Tika says not to give too heavy answers on the religious side. Parents can give an understanding that fasting is included in good deeds and will get rewards in the form of sustenance for children in easy-to-understand language. "Continue to alms, because this Ramadan is rewardable, it can be in the form of good value fortune, so it is associated with their abilities and their language" he explained. In addition, Tika said parents can teach children to fast in a pleasant atmosphere and tell the story of the prophet according to his age.

By embedding the prophet's story, children will feel in the same situation as other Muslims and want to try to fulfill their obligations as Muslims. "So he is an analogy now that he is the same age as a prophet when he was little, for example, there are only a few religious factors, there are many moral factors," he said. Apart from that, parents can also give appreciation for every child's business who fasts and does not burden children to fast for half a month or one full month. "It is made like a game that can be like a number of days of this prize, not 15 or 30 days, starting from 5 days 6 days, the name is also children, the numbers don't grow up numbers must be children's numbers," said Tika. He also hopes that the role of parents in teaching religious values can be greater than lessons at school.