Princely Upbringing

About this book

Within the walls of homes, stories no one sees are woven, stories whose heroes are growing little ones, and parents trying hard not to lose the way. In "Princely Upbringing," Mahmoud Soliman Al-Ghafri takes us on an exceptional journey beginning at the heart before reaching the mind, telling us our children are no mere subjects whose affairs we manage or molds we shape according to our whims, but "princes" whose souls we host to refine, whose silence we hear before their speech, and whom we accompany in the journey of discovering their humanity. This book is no mere educational guide or collection of dry theories, but a compass for every father who tries, and every mother who errs then tries again with the patience of a loving one. The work springs from a deep human experience, where the writer blends the firmness granting safety with the tenderness building trust, in what he calls "compassionate firmness." The book progresses cleverly from the first years of childhood, where the unseen roots are planted, reaching the accompaniment of the adolescent in his journey of intellectual independence, re-presenting.