Shadee Elmasry – How to Raise Sons

Number one, if they are not living close by to a Muslim community,

they should try to move close by to a community that Jamar even if

they are downgrading the size of their home. Number two males need

to be put for some sort of rigor or to be men. And part of the

problem too is that I feel we have too many softies in our community.

They've been never too much. They've given too much comfort.

And so maybe you can't afford this lamp school, but try to find the

environment even if it's for the summertime. We have can't see

here, bring them somewhere so they can be around some men and give

them some discipline and toughen them up a little bit. I grew up

doing martial arts and also play football. I think it's a rite of

passage for every young man who's been punched in the stomach or

thrown on his back. Yeah, it's something humbling about that.

It's extremely good for guys to be brought up in some kind of a rough

sport or a physical sport where they realize Hold on a second

getting smashed. It's not even that big of a deal.