Parent-Child Relationship Patterns Parenting Theoretical Model Based on Islamic world view and concept of the human nature

Parenting has a profound impact on the development and life of every individual. Many theoreticians have attempted to introduce theoretical models of various parenting styles and the relevant factors to identify and control mechanisms as well as consequences of their impacts. Like other scientific theories, these models are affected by the perspective of their theoreticians over the nature of man and the world view that mostly take their roots from western societies, their historical experience and dominant social attitudes. Now there is a need for revising parenting theories and developing native models based on Islamic thought and requirements of the Iranian society. This is due to the inconsistency between the current theories and some experimental facts, intellectual and value principles of the Iranian society as well as the negative impacts of these theories in Western societies. The current study aims at introducing Islamic local models of parenting tailored to suit the requirements of the Iranian society. Thus evolution of theoretical models of parenting and their intellectual and cultural principles and consequences are briefly discussed in the first chapter. The second chapter elaborates on a theoretical model of parent-child relationship as a local model based on Islamic thought. The assumptions of this model have been inspired by Quranic concept of the human nature and semantics.