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I know this might sound a bit strange to some of you

But I'm a firm believer that when the child observes the father and mother the Muslim you know husband and wife

Interacting with one month one another based upon the values of our Shariah

When and I'll be very honest here when a man acts like a Muslim role model male and a woman acts like a Muslim role model female

And the husband acts like an Islamic husband like the Prophet's Al-Salam and the wife acts like the mother's

You know our mothers and tries to embody the values of our Shariah

Personally, I believe that this is the number one practical mechanism to instill in your child

What they said that karuk al-Untha the man is not like the woman

We firmly believe that there are two genders and we firmly believe that these two genders are separate and distinct and they do have

Identities and they do have roles that are different from one another if the child doesn't see this in their own household

If the mother and father are not acting in accordance with these teachings then you know subhanallah

Don't be surprised if later on they don't understand the distinction between the male and the female and again on a very

Personal anecdote one of my children a very young age came to me, you know having seen something that you know on their

Friends, I don't know what it was and you know asking this question about

You know, why can't there be two mommies why can't there be two daddies, you know and I remember vividly

I literally this was the example I used I said well, don't you see you know mama and Baba how different they are and don't you like that

You know mama does this and this and Baba does this and that don't you see that you know

It's nice for a household to have this type of you know

Basically, I didn't use the word gender disparity, but you get the point that don't you see that gender roles

I should say a different gender roles and I explained in the context of our household that well

They said that karukar ontha and I felt that it was effective, you know

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