The Impact of "Responsible Parenting" on Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil with Emphasis on Love and Care

Internalization of religious values, which occurs in early childhood within the family, is one of the fundamental ways of propagation of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. The present paper seeks to examine the impact of parenting style on children's upbringing and its role in enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. In this regard, the parenting styles proposed by psychologists and Islam are explained and compared, and the impact of the most basic components of parenting, namely "love" and "care", are investigated. In the approach advocated in this study, the proper parenting styles in different stages of growth are suggested, although love is emphasized in all the stages. "Love" leads to children’s conformity and assimilation and the "responsible and loving" style facilitates the internalization of Islamic values. Typically, children who have faithful and committed parents and are trained in this way will automatically enjoin the good and forbid the evil in any social group they enter.