Eye opening Reminder

Some years ago, some parents rang me up and they said that their teenage son had run away from home after he had been caught smoking weed and they wanted me to speak to him and tell him to come back.
It took a very long time, but I managed to locate him and speak to him. He was about 13 years old and he spoke to me about how he began smoking weed and doing other things like drinking because he was sick of seeing family problems in his home.

He said that his parents were fighting, splitting up and getting back together.
He said that he saw abuse, anger and resentment - and what hurt him the most was that nothing which he learnt in Madrassah was ever seen in his home.
There was no praying, no one opened the Qur'an, no one gave salaam, and no one ever mentioned Allāh.
There was just jumm'ah and suhur/iftar in Ramadan. He called it hypocrisy and said that he preferred being a complete chiller than to be a hypocrite.
After much effort I managed to get him back home and things remained stable.

Dear mum and dad, the home is the greatest madrassah.
If you don't put the prayer mat down yourself then don't expect your kid to do it.
If you want your child to memorise and learn then you have to memorise and learn with them.
Your job is not just to slave in the dunya from 7am to 6pm 365 days a week to feed your families. Allah is the Razzaq (Provider).
Your job is to also give time to your children and teach them how to be slaves of our Lord Allah.
We don't want road-men or materialistic Women. We want real men & wonen.
We are living in dangerous times and If you don't know Allah and haven’t recognised him then how do you expect your children to ?