Principles governing the upbringing of children from the point of view of parents' upbringing in the Holy Quran

One of the most important issues in any age is the upbringing of the child, which should be done according to the principles and methods in accordance with the nature of the child. The Holy Quran is the most reliable source in this field and therefore, in the present study, the principles governing the upbringing of children in terms of the educational life of parents in the Holy Quran have been studied. This research is of qualitative type and to do it we have used descriptive-analytical method and content analysis method. The sampling method is purposeful and the data are analyzed using reasoning or inference.Regarding the results of the present study, it can be said that in the Holy Quran, a regular journey in the educational life of Quranic parents has been depicted. Before birth (infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood) are extracted, and under the two sections, the principles governing pre-birth education and the principles governing post-birth education. In the section on the principles governing pre-birth education, such as asking the righteous child from God Almighty and not paying attention to gender, in the section on the principles governing the post-natal period, such as providing physical and mental comfort for the mother, and on childhood, adolescence and Youth, principles such as guiding the child towards monotheism, loving him, maintaining justice, independent childbearing conditions, paying attention to the child's freedom of expression and paying attention to keeping the child away from ostentation were extracted. Applying the educational principles presented in the present study, helps parents in the optimal education of the child.