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How I Helped My Son Get Over His Fear of Dogs (And How Mine Got Worse!)

Here’s a video of me explaining how I helped my son get over his fear of dogs -- at my expense! Hope you like it [...more]

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How I Talk To My Children About Child Molestation

Let me start today’s blog post with a disclaimer; I’m not a qualified therapist, councillor, or psychologist. The methods I use are the ones that make sense to me as a father, and are appropriate for my children’s personalities and ages. I don’t claim to base my communication methods with my children on any scientific [...] [...more]

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How Zen-Do Helped This Boy Get Rid of His Bully

Here’s a wonderful testimonial from Elham Al-Faris regarding her Son, Sultan Abdulkarim. Sultan used something he learnt in Zen-Do to stop a bully. The thing is he didn’t even have to get physical! Read her letter to find out more: My son Sultan has always been a gentle soul. He never fights with anyone. That [...] [...more]

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Thirteen Signs That a Child is Being Molested

Before I start listing the signs that a child might be molested, I want to reiterate this point. Child abuse and molestation does happen, and – Heaven forbid – can happen in your own home. Just because we live in an Arab and Islamic country, it does not mean it does not happen here. Just [...] [...more]

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Why I Stopped Tickling My Daughter

I was originally going to write a blog post about this, but I got lazy and decided to a video instead. Hope you like it. [...more]

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Child Internet Safety Tools and Information

Following up from my last post, I wanted to share some information on safer internet use for children, very kindly provided by Sarah from the Internet Watch Foundation: A PDF guide on using software to stay safe on the internet: Using Software to Stay Safe on the Internet. Some links which may help you choose [...] [...more]

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The Fascinating Be Free Conference

Last weekend I attended Be Free’s international conference on “Effective Strategies for the Prevention of Child Online Pornography, Trafficking, and Abuse” You can see the Gulf Daily News’ coverage here for Day One, Day Two, and Day Three. On the opening ceremony of the conference on the evening of the 8th, Be Free Director Dr. [...] [...more]

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Kickboxing Student Sells Motorcycle And Donates Proceeds to Children’s Cause

Zen-Do student Mark Holmans recently donated a staggering BD 500 to Be Free, Bahrain’s leading child anti-abuse and neglect organisation. Here’s the press release related to the story: A Zen-Do Kickboxing student donated BD 500 to the Be Free Anti-Child Neglect and Abuse Programme. Mark Holmans, a British national donated the money at the Be [...] [...more]

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Child Abuse in the Middle East

“Child molesters are increasingly targeting children in the Middle East because of the lack of laws protecting them” reports Tradearabia.com. They are referencing a news item that appeared in the Gulf Daily News a couple of days ago. Here are some of the interesting factoids from the article: - More than 60 per cent of [...] [...more]

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Pink HOGs…And Teaching Kids How To Stop Bullies

I conducted an anti-bullying seminar in Bayan School on Friday. The event was organised by Zen-Do dad Samir Habib-Allah. It was held on the 27th of February, which is International Stand Up to Bullying Day. People wear pink on this day to show support for the cause of anti-bulling. Samir is a member of the [...] [...more]