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February 2017

February 02, 2017

Three Learning Disability Myths: Insight from an Occupational Therapist

If you are a parent with school-age children, you may have experienced a time when...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

The Children are Awake: Post-Inauguration Spiritual Lessons

We woke our children up with extra gentleness the morning after inauguration day. The night...

December 2016

December 23, 2016

Holly Jolly Muslim

When I married my husband, people were very happy for us alhamdulillah, but as my...

December 01, 2016

The Khan Chronicles: Adventures of a School Administrator and Her Two and a Half Children

My life and career as an educator has ensured that my list of “The Truly...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

GrowBaba Spotlight: What’s your bike?

Wives tell us husbands to do so many things that we really don’t believe in...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

Scrambled Eggs, Bubblegum, and Sex

This morning, over a relaxing weekend breakfast of scrambled eggs...

June 2014

June 09, 2014

GrowBaba Spotlight: Dear Son, Make Your Bed

After years of nagging them, the other day I finally took the time to show...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

And the Minutes Tick By

I am waiting. I know the time will come. I just don't know when. I...

January 2014

January 13, 2014

Sweet and Sour

I roll out the prayer mat and place my feet, shoulder width apart, onto the...

January 07, 2014

The Cup

I usually don’t read parenting books. Not because I have anything against them per se, but...

October 2013

October 07, 2013

A Mother’s Wish

As my daughter approaches her first year I am astonished, mystified, bewildered (insert every adjective...

September 2013

September 09, 2013

Making a Splash in Community Development

As a child, I spent many summers visiting my grandparents in the Caribbean. I have...

September 05, 2013

Reclaiming Our Authority

This year my family was blessed to experience another Ramadan. It was the first...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

Begin with the Backyard

I have a well sustained reputation of being all thumbs in my garden and unfortunately,...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

My (unsolicited) advice to new moms

I’ve got two kids, ages 5 and 3, so yes, I’m an expert on motherhood....

May 2013

May 20, 2013

GrowBaba Spotlight: A Push, a Jiggle and the Earthquake

"Baba, I didn’t do anything!" Yeah right. Every teen’s famous last words. Though my 14-year-old’s...

May 07, 2013

GrowMama Relationship Roundup: Quality Time

The doorbell rings. “Baba’s home!”, scream the children, as they climb all over him. Even...

April 2013

April 18, 2013

Lean In, Lean Back, Reach Up, Fall Over

I washed my face for the third time that morning. “I can do this,” I...

April 08, 2013

The Landlord and the Tenant

Moving is not easy. It's even more difficult when you've left behind a perfectly well-formed...

April 04, 2013

Turning Kids Towards Prayer

Salah, or prayer, was the first salient form of worship prescribed by Allah the Almighty...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Keys to Successful Parenting- Managing Behavior Problems

This is the final article in our series, Keys to Successful Parenting Series. In case...

March 18, 2013

Keys to Successful Parenting- Strategies to Improve Kids Sleeping Habits

Bedtime problems and night wakings are common in young children and one of the most...

March 11, 2013

Keys to Successful Parenting- Strategies to Improve Kids Eating Habits

GrowMama presents an important series for our readers. In the next few weeks, we will...

March 04, 2013

Grow Baba Spotlight: The Visiting Professor

I often feel guilty when it comes to my kids. I know I don’t spend...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Flawless Imperfection

It was a dark night, with the moon nowhere to be seen. We were driving...

February 18, 2013

Tackling Temper Tantrums (Part 1)

GrowMama is pleased to share some real life advice from a mom deep in the...

February 07, 2013

GrowMama Round Up: Talking to kids about friends with bad influences

A young girl asked her elder female relatives about advice for dealing with friends that...

February 04, 2013

Please Don’t Look Away

My four and half year old daughter Sarina has twinkling brown eyes, beautiful long, black...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Riding the Homeschooling Rollercoaster

Hi. My name is Hala...and I'm a homeschooler. There. I said it. It’s out. The...

August 2012

August 13, 2012

Balancing Parental Discipline

Al Haleem. I struggle with parenting and this beautiful characteristic of Allah SWT, this name...