Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan chairs Ramadan session on Instilling Values and Strengthening Family Cohesion
His Excellency Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Awareness and Care Association, chaired a Ramadan dialogue session titled "Instilling Authentic Values and Strengthening Family Cohesion: The Foundation for a Sustainable Society." The session was held at His Excellency's Majlis, in the presence of significant figures, social specialists, and educators.
The session, moderated by Dr. Mohammed Murad Abdullah, Secretary-General of the Juvenile Awareness and Care Association, coincided with the launch of the "Year of Community" in the United Arab Emirates. It focused on several major issues, including the importance of family values in building a healthy society and their function in fostering identity and belonging; family cohesion and its impact on societal stability; and how the family may contribute to communal development.
The session also addressed issues that affect family values, including how globalization and technology affect family relationships, how media and educational institutions help to instill values and guide generations, how to strengthen family ties and foster communication and understanding among family members, and how the community can support the family. Successful programs in this area were reviewed.
His Excellency emphasized the need for establishing genuine values in Emirati society, pointing out that the foundation of a robust and long-lasting society is family unity. He underlined that in order to instill these principles in the next generation, the family, media, and educational institutions must work together.
Several experts and social researchers also participated in the discussion.
Several families who won and participated in the Saeed bin Lootah Award for Child Care were honored.
The following were among the recommendations made at the end of the session:
1. Commending the efforts of Her Highness Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to encourage young people to build harmonious families and to support family stability. These efforts are carried out through the "Sheikha Hind Family Program" and the "Dubai Weddings" program, both of which improve the stability and quality of family life.
2. Applauding the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department's programs, like "Muezzin and Imam Al Fareej" and "Fareej Nursery," which help to foster moral and religious values in children and encourage appropriate parenting.
3. Emphasizing the role of parents as good role models in instilling positive values in children.
4. Establishing family-focused research institutions, funding studies that look at how family values affect a healthy childhood, and using the results to create sustainable family policies.
5. Creating media with a purpose that upholds good family values.
6. Launch awareness campaigns on the value of family unity in creating a sustainable community.
7. Create family support facilities that offer counseling and education.
8. Implement curriculum in schools that emphasize moral instruction and the advancement of social values.
9. Promote intergenerational conversation and family discussion to improve comprehension and fortify family bonds.
10. encouraging programs that ensure a stable life for people and society by fostering work-life balance.
