Family

When the child arrives in the world, it is very delicate. It has a mind but it does not think. It sees with its eyes but does not recognise the objects around it. It does not have the faculty to identify colours and faces. It will have no idea about ...

When the child arrives in the world, it is very de...

One of the prime responsibilities of the parents is the selection of a name for the new-born child. They should not treat this important thing as a triviality. Individuals and families are recognised with their names. If the name is affable the perso...

One of the prime responsibilities of the parents i...

For a child the home is like a nest. He feels very much attached to it. His heart is always tied to it. If the parents are on friendly terms his nest remains durable like a warm lap. The child in such a home feels contented and secure. Getting an upb...

For a child the home is like a nest. He feels very...

When the sperm of the man enters the womb of the woman and fuses with the ovum, the process of fertilisation and the woman becoming a mother commences. The fertilised egg(the ovum) starts fast metamorphosis and ultimately takes the final shape of a h...

When the sperm of the man enters the womb of the w...

Most parents think that oral instructions and occasional talk about dos and don’ts is sufficient for good upbringing of children. They presume that the upbringing of the child is thus taken care of and they do not have to do anything about the upbrin...

Most parents think that oral instructions and occa...

The training and upbringing of a child is not an easy and simple task that the parents can perform with little or no effort. This task requires, in fact, delicate handling and temperament. There are myriads of fine points to be considered to achieve ...

The training and upbringing of a child is not an e...

In the eyes of Islam the status of the father and the mother is very exalted. Allah, the Holy Prophet and the Infallible Imams have exhorted the people in this regard. There are a lot of verses in the Holy Book relevant to the subject. The exemplary ...

In the eyes of Islam the status of the father and ...

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better. City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska Percentage of Africa that is ...

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. Men can read sm...

Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." A group of unicorns is called a blessing. Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink." A group of frogs is called an army. A group of rhinos is called a...

Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal tele...

One way to tell seals and sea lions apart is that, sea lions have external ears and testicles. Swahili is a combination of African tribal languages, Arabic and Portuguese. A person from Glasgow, is called a Glaswegian. An enneahedron is solid with ni...

One way to tell seals and sea lions apart is that,...

When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt. The tango originated as a dance between two men (for partnering practice). Leon Trotsky, the seminal Russian Communist, was assassinated in Mexico with a...

When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a heig...

The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse. A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't. Crickets hear through their knees. Turnips turn green when sunburnt. Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned. A...

The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey...

U.S. Interstates which go north-south are numbered sequentially starting from the west with odd numbers, and Interstates which go east-west are numbered sequentially starting from the south with even numbers. Today's cattle are descended from two spe...

U.S. Interstates which go north-south are numbered...

The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in the inner ear. The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz." There are ten h...

The only bone not broken so far during any ski acc...

Alma mater means bountiful mother. A Holstein's spots are like fingerprints -- no two cows have the same pattern of spots. Glass flutes do not expand with humidity so their owners are spared the nuisance of tuning them. Jersey (in the Channel Islands...

Alma mater means bountiful mother. A Holstein's sp...

White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith (Formerly of the Monkees) The "huddle" in football was formed due a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and...

White Out was invented by the mother of Mike Nesmi...

"Evian" spelled backvards is naive. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. "Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double let...

"Evian" spelled backvards is naive. The plastic th...

Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man o n the moon in 1969.) The only two Southern state capitals not occuppied by Northern troops during the American Civil War were Austin, Texas and Tallahasse, Florida. Rabbit...

Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. (Buzz...

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. The metal part of a lamp that surrounds the bulb and supports the shade is called a harp. The metal part at the end of a pencil is twenty percent sulfur. John Larroquette of "Night C...

More people are killed annually by donkeys than di...

Only three angels are mentioned by name in the Bible: Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer. Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice." Wilma Flinestone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean ...

Only three angels are mentioned by name in the Bib...

It is highly recommended that the wedding should take place at night. The hadith says, “Take the bride to her new home during the night.” 30 When the bride enters the room, the groom is recommended to take off her shoes and wash her feet (in a washbo...

It is highly recommended that the wedding should t...