When mo salah became the huge star that he is

every family in his hometown “Nagrig” started training their kids to become soccer players as well, they know the value of starting very young, and I am sure some of these kids will become professional footballers one day.

Because as we say in Arabic “Learning in childhood is like engraving on stone, learning in adulthood is like engraving on water” I am sure there are proverbs in many languages that suggest the same point, which is straight-forward: whatever you learn in your childhood not only stays with you. It shapes your mind.

That’s why prophet Mohamed ordered Muslims to start making their kids pray when they are seven years old and punish them for ignoring it when they become 10 years old. Although prayer only becomes an Islamic obligation when a person hits puberty.

Another thing that some people might not consider its value is training young girls to cover up and be chaste and decent although they aren’t adults yet.

The truth is, boys and girls get shaped and indoctrinated by the media, TV, the internet, and society in general, once they become able to comprehend sounds and visuals, a 5-year-old watching TV is absorbing huge amounts of information, and values. He is already learning things that are out of their parents’ control.

Limiting the time that your kids spend staring at screens is not only invaluable in terms of their brain development and personality improvement, but it gives you the chance to instil the right morals and ethics that will lead them to have a happy, prosperous and fulfilling life.

Don’t let some random person that you never heard of, take over that role.