Kaedah umum dalam mendidik anak-anak, baik yang lelaki atau perempuan, meliputi perkara-perkara berikut:

1. Mendidik iman dan akidah yang hak

a. Mengenalkan Allah – Lahir sahaja anak ke dunia, biarlah perkataan pertama yang didengarinya adalah sebutan nama Allah. Sebab itu disunatkan azan di telinga kanan, iqamah di telinga kiri bayi sama ada bayi lelaki atau perempuan. Sabda Rasulullah SAW, “Bukakanlah (baca dan ucapkanlah) kepada anak-anak kamu kalimat pertama dengan La ilaha illallah.” (Hadis riwayat al-Hakim daripada Ibnu Abbas r.a.)

b. Mentaati Allah – Ini merupakan didikan iman paling asas selepas mengenalkan anak-anak kepada Allah. Sabda Rasulullah SAW : “Perintahkanlah anak-anak kamu untuk mentaati perintah-perintah dan menjauhi larangan-larangan. Sebab hal itu akan melepaskan mereka dari seksa neraka.” (Hadis riwayat Ibnu Jarir)

c. Tidak mensyirikkan Allah – Ini penting untuk membersihkan akidah anak, sebagaimana nasihat Luqmanul Hakim kepada anaknya: “Wahai anak kesayanganku, janganlah kamu menyekutukan Allah dengan sesuatu yang lain, sesungguhnya perbuatan syirik itu adalah satu kezaliman yang besar.”

Sehubungan itu, ibu bapa harus menanamkan pada jiwa anak-anak hakikat seluruh Rukun Iman yang enam dengan sebaik-baiknya.

2. Memberi nama yang elok dan melakukan akikah

Nama yang elok berperanan membentuk peribadi anak. Mengenai akikah, sabda Rasulullah SAW : “Setiap anak tergadai akikahnya dengan disembelihkan akikahnya pada hari ketujuh kelahirannya. Pada hari itu ia dicukur dan diberi nama.” (Hadis riwayat Imam Ahmad dan Imam yang empat)

3. Mendidik asas hukum syarak yang berkaitan dengan kehidupan sehariannya. Antaranya:

a. Hukum-hukum Islam yang lima (wajib, sunat, harus, haram dan makruh).

b. Mendidik batasan pergaulan dan aurat – Ini termasuk memisah dan mengasingkan tempat tidur ibu bapa dan mengasingkan tempat tidur anak lelaki dan anak perempuan. Sabda Rasulullah SAW : “….dan pisahkanlah tempat tidur mereka (setelah berusia 10 tahun).” (Hadis riwayat al-Hakim dan Abu Daud dari Ibnu Amr Ibnil ‘As r.a.)

Rasulullah SAW menekankan soal pergaulan dengan sabdanya : “Hindarilah kamu dari bercampur (secara bebas) dengan kaum wanita.” Anak juga mesti dididik dengan batas aurat terutama bila telah baligh.

Suatu ketika Asma binti Abu Bakar memasuki rumah Rasulullah SAW dengan pakaian yang tipis, lalu Rasulullah SAW menegurnya: “Wahai Asma, apabila perempuan telah mencapai (sampai) usia baligh, maka ia tidak boleh dipandang kecuali ini dan ini (baginda SAW menunjukkan wajah dan kedua-dua telapak tangannya.” (Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

4. Mendidik akhlak, adab dan budi pekerti

Ilmu tinggi tidak berguna kalau tidak beradab dan tidak berakhlak dengan Allah dan sesama manusia. Pastikan ilmu dan amalan anak-anak kita menghasilkan ‘buah’ yang masak ranum (akhlak terpuji). Sabda Rasulullah SAW : “Elokkanlah namanya (anak) dan elokkanlah adabnya.” (Hadis riwayat al-Baihaqi)

Rasulullah SAW bersabda lagi: “Tiada seorang bapa yang memberikan sesuatu kepada anaknya yang lebih bermakna daripada pemberian adab yang baik.” (Hadis riwayat at-Tirmizi)

5. Mendidik anak tujuan dan matlamat hidup yang jelas

Anak-anak yang tidak ada tujuan dan matlamat hidup akan mudah terpesong dari jalan kebenaran dan mudah juga hanyut dalam arus duniawi. Matlamat hidup tak lain dan tak bukan ingin mendapat keredhaan Allah SWT berpedomankan al-Quran dan sunnah Rasulullah SAW. Tujuan hidup atau tujuan kenapa Allah mencipta manusia perlu ditanamkan dalam jiwa dan minda anak-anak iaitu untuk berperanan sebagai hamba dan khalifah Allah di atas dunia.

6. Mewujudkan suasana yang soleh

Untuk melahirkan anak yang soleh, persekitaran tempat membesar dan tempat beraktivitinya juga kena ‘soleh’ (baik). Kena ada gabungan suasana ibu bapa yang soleh, rumah tangga yang soleh, guru-guru dan kawan-kawan yang soleh, bahan bacaan yang soleh dan paling penting sistem pendidikan yang soleh.

Sabda Rasulullah SAW : “Ajarlah kebaikan kepada anak-anak kamu dan keluarga kamu dan didiklah mereka.” (Hadis riwayat Abdur Razzaq dan Sa’id bin Mansur)

7. Memberi dorongan dan perangsang

Dalam al-Quran, Allah SWT memberi khabar gembira kepada orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh dengan balasan syurga seluas langit dan bumi. Janji-janji Allah ini hendaklah disemai di dalam jiwa anak-anak sehingga menjadi keyakinan dan pegangannya. Selain itu ibu bapa boleh memberi ganjaran dan kata-kata pujian dan kata-kata semangat di atas kejayaan dan kebaikan yang dicapai dan dilakukan oleh anak-anak.

8. Hukuman dengan niat mendidik

Setiap kesalahan anak-anak itu perlu diperbetulkan. Baru ia dapat mengambil pelajaran. Adakalanya dengan nasihat, teguran dan denda. Ada masanya dirotan dengan rotan yang tidak mencederakan.

9. Pemberian (perbelanjaan, hadiah dan sebagainya)

Pemberian kepada anak-anak hendaklah disamaratakan. Sabda Rasulullah SAW : “Sama-ratakan anak-anak kamu dalam pemberian. Maka sekiranya saya suka melebihkan seseorang, nescaya saya lebihkan perempuan.” (Hadis riwayat Imam at-Tabrani dan Khatib)

Mungkin sesetengah kita kurang mampu memberi sepenuh didikan kepada anak-anak kerana kurang ilmu dan sebagainya. Di sini pentingnya anak-anak dihantar kepada guru yang lebih berkemampuan dan lebih berilmu. Itu pun, didikan yang asas tetap perlu bermula dari ibu bapa di rumah.

Semoga bermanafaat dan semoga kita tetapi dilindungi dan dipelihara Allah SWT daripada menghadapi dugaan menderhaka dan diderhakai. Amiin.

NB : Kaedah didikan dipetik dari Surau.townplan. gov.my

CONTROL AIDS

More circumcision needed to control AIDS in Africa

MEXICO CITY: Governments and health communities need to ramp up male circumcision to prevent HIV infection, particularly in vulnerable countries in eastern and southern Africa, researchers and advocates said on Monday.

Three studies were cut short in 2006 after they showed strong evidence that male circumcision could prevent HIV infection, but very little effort has been made to push for more men to go under the knife, they told a conference on AIDS in Mexico City.

"This is a call to action... to call for male circumcision. It's been two years and still there is not enough money, focus to scale up effort and more needs to be done," said Dvora Joseph, head of the HIV department at Population Services International, a US-based nonprofit organisation.

While people were beginning to accept this intervention measure, Joseph said stigma surrounding it was still strong.

"There is no national male circumcision campaign to promote it ... more education is needed," Joseph said.

The researchers said two studies in Africa showed the procedure did not reduce sexual pleasure and function, and did not result in any increase in risk-taking behaviour among newly circumcised men.

These two concerns have always surrounded male circumcision, which some studies indicate could be 70% effective in protecting men against HIV infection during vaginal sex.

"We found that there was no difference between the circumcised men and uncircumcised men -- that there is no increase in sexual dysfunction in circumcised men. And in fact, circumcised men did report greater penile sensitivity after circumcision," said Robert Bailey, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois.

The study involved 2,784 men in Kisumu, Kenya, and the group who were circumcised reported no sexual dysfunction such as premature ejaculation, pain during intercourse or erectile dysfunction. More details of this study will be disclosed on Tuesday at the conference.

Bailey was also involved in another study published recently in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, which showed that circumcision did not result in any increase in risky sex behavior.

"In the trial, we are providing HIV testing and counseling every six months, so there's opportunity to follow up, especially counseling the circumcised men that they are not fully protected, that they still have to practice safe sex and use condoms," Bailey said. - Reuters

articles source: http://www.thesundaily.com

OBESITY

How to avoid obesity

Not all overweight toddlers grow up to become obese adults. There are many things that can keep you a healthy, fit young person.

1. Food. Eat the right amount of the right stuff, and don't snack when sitting around. There are many topics in the 'Your food' section of this web site which can help you - but you can't do it alone. Get mum, dad or whoever cares for you to help you. Maybe you could plan a week's menu and then go food shopping together.
   
2. Exercise. Look for ways to do more exercise. Our topics on exercise and fitness have lots of good ideas.
3. Get a good night's sleep. Don't stay up late playing video games or watching TV. Get up early and keep busy all day so that you are ready to sleep at night.
4. Get involved. Join in things at school or after school, so that you have an interest and can spend more time with other kids having fun.
5. Be determined to change and make the most of yourself. You only get one body so try to look after it and feel good about it. Our topics on Self-esteem and Body image may be helpful.
6. Being happy. Everybody has bad days, and often this means going for the comfort food (mine is dark chocolate!) However, if you are having one of those days, it is much healthier, and you feel much better afterwards, if you do some exercise. Run, walk, dance, skip, hit a ball or do anything else you can think of for a while, and those feel-good chemicals will start coming into your brain, making you feel that life's OK after all!

Helping your friend

If your friend has a problem with obesity, then you can be a good friend by:

eating good stuff yourself and encouraging her to do the same

	playing with her in an active way
	getting her to join in sports lessons by encouragement
	helping her to practise sports skills
	doing something active together after school, like walking the dog or bike riding, rather than watching TV or playing video games
	telling the teacher if your friend is being teased or called unkind names - this is harassment and a type of bullying that no one should have to suffer
	commenting on the things that she is good at. ARTICLES SOURCE: http://www.cyh.com

AEROBICS

Full-Body Aerobics

by sas_chris

Full-Body Aerobics

We all know that it is important to be as healthy as we can be. Working out is something that most people take for granted, either they are the kind of people that do it, or they don't. However, doing aerobics has much more behind it than simply that. If you truly want to be healthy, and you think that you know what you should do, you should add aerobics into your work out.

Even though some people like to target different parts of their bodies when it comes to aerobics, is also very important that you have a routine that works on each of your body parts as a whole, together. This kind of routine is something that you can do to strengthen your whole body, while you are working out.

When you are working on your entire body, there are several things that you have to keep in mind. First of all, you should be sure that you are working each of your muscle groups and that you are working all of them for an extended period of time. This is something that some people fail to do and can result in uneven and unhealthy training.

The best aerobics that you can do are going to be aerobics where you work each of your muscles in turn. Remember that you have to have a session where your heart is pumping, so a good thing to do is to be constantly moving while you are doing your aerobics. Then, you can move each of your muscles as well. The best whole body workout would be to start at a brisk walk in place. Get your heart rate up and going, and then you can start to work other muscles. Use your arms and do repetitive reaches into the sky, which will target your arms.

At the same time, begin to do leg stretches, which will target your lower body, and then you can do side to side movements that will work on your abdomen. Remember that the best way to get a full body workout is just to remember to include each of your muscle groups in everything that you do.

This is something that some people fail to do as they are working out, and therefore their aerobics aren't going to be as helpful to them as your aerobics are going to be to you. Remember to include all of your muscles, and you'll be losing weight and feeling healthier in no time flat.

ARTICLES SOURCE: http://www.goarticles.com/