Ramadan and heatwave

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I've got a lot of respect for the muslim faith and observation of Ramadan, but I'm finding it really difficult that some of the Yr 6 children at my kids' school are fasting in this heat. I worry about dehydration. How are schools dealing with this?

I'd think Chunderella in the current climate a lot of Muslims woudl lose their jobs.

Running your own business you perform however you want and your profits reflect that, I've a friend who is a driving instructor she has most of her students in the mornings and works till 5pm, but that's also due to childcare arrangements. she works very hard tho.

I've taken half days/full days as annual leave during ramadan and that's fine too.

Employers making adjustments is up to them, I do know that the morning and before 5pm I am at my most productive, but then I go home at five so I think I automatically shut down.

I used work as a sales girl when I was much younger (nine hours on my feet) and I remember a to of us taking our breaks during breaking fast time, none of us were reprimanded for being less productive than a normal day either and they would have reprimanded us had they caught us slacking off.

Peachpudding, my children attend an Islamic school the school asked that all children bring in packed lunches regardless of whether they are fasting or not.

I'm not sure what more anyone can do.

I didn't wake my girls for the pre-dawn meal and my youngest is now not speaking to me, I don't want them to fast butthey do, I may let her try the last few days if she wants on the provisio she eats when she wants to.

Most children that I know have fasted half days so eat at midday, that's quite a popular way of including children, some children will do one day out of the entire month of ramadan, on a weekend so doesn't affect school.

I did my first fast when I was seven, I remember it pretty well, it was also in summer, I fasted on a weekend and I was so so so determined to carry it thro and I did, much to everyone surprise (my mum trying to coax me to break my fast because I had fasted long enough and telling me stories to encourage me to break my fast early).

I don't know how to force a determined child not to fast.

I actually think for those of us who work in an office its far easier makes the time go faster and its cooler (I'm in an air conditioned office).

I've not met anyone whose work has suffered for fasting, doesn't mean there wouldn't be tho. But I don't think there are droves of Muslims slacking off because they're fasting.

well i didnt have a muslim employer and i didnt take alot of time off either i even used to work on eid and celebrate later on in the day so that does not reflect all of us infact i was praised because i always was at work and was on time and about us getting affected during morning or afternoon well my dd goes nursery and mums their come tired in afternoon around 6ish from busy days its only natural to wake up fresh as you have slept for 8 hours plus or is that still not enough for you chunderella that you wake up tired. its our natural clock to be more productive in the mornings and more tired closer to bedtime or are you wide awake at bedtime as well. school children are a good example they start school fresh and come out tired so dont know what your talking about. i seen a underperformer at my work place when i was their took lots of time off and walked out of the workplace when he was soppose to be their and he had no religion and was english so dont really no what your talking about.as we have been fasting for generations dont understand why their are issues being raised and i have seen kids as young as 12 asking for alchol why do you have to produce id then if children are not asking for it whatever what about clubs etc no underage girls their and you call these people humans cant even walk home and vomitting all over the place our society is getting worse and just a few years back when all those kids went into london set shops on fire and robbed others and police couldnt stop them those kids where as young as 11. most kids in islam do not fast and its down to parents if they listen to their kids request or not so im sure we are a good judge whether they should or not

I don't see a problem with taking annual leave during ramadan actually, its annual leave to be taken as you wish and as your employer approves surely?

I also didnt take last Eid off work as I had a deadline to make but this year I intend to take the final week of ramadan off including Eid.

So the children are fasting against parents and schools wishes? But why is this, they must somehow believe it is good. Shouldn't they be brought up to believe it is harmful for children to do this?

I cant think of any other adult activity that we allow children to do even though it is harmful to them and we just throw our hands up and say,oh well what can I do.

what rubbish just given a few examples and i can go on from now till tomorrow

No actually the children fast because they want to, they are monitored closely and there is food and water avaialble if they wish to break their fast at any point.

It's not bad for them actually, I don't see any news reports of children being rushed to hospital due to fasting.

There are no droves of children fasitng either it's a few, some do it for one day out of the entire month some fast for half days.

I'm not telling my child she will drop dead from fasting for a day either, I have told them the days are too long and hot and I'd rather they did not fast, my eldest has fasted for one day, she was fine.

why dont we just stop this trend because their is no agreement anywhere and think we are doing wrong to our kids despite the fact me and fuzzy have said that kids by parents permission can do half days and a maxof one of one two days. i really think you should turn your attention to other big issues in society.this is not one of them or we would have media and social services on our backs.

fasting is good as research has proved alchol that some kids are drinking is bad as it harms kidneys and can kill a child and even kill a adult if too much is drunken. in pregnancy you cant drink but you can fast abit if the mother wishes with a healthy baby alcHol on other hand affects baby and smoking as well which seen some mothers doing. fasting is no issue for us people we are not killing ourselves as it is good and we are in control of everything so let it be

well ive seen people coming out of clubs pissing themselves vomiting and sleeping on the floor unable to walk why do that to yourselves and wake up next morning not knowing what happened and people fighting as well the above post mentioned alchol so had to say what id seen clearly this is bad and fasting is an issue i clearly think their are more bigger issues that need sorting first before making fasting a issue. how many children adults etc have died as a result of drink driving and how much abuse is happening as a result of alchol in peoples homes and peoples homes being broken you just have to go on jeremy kyle show to see that and hows has fasting affected anyone its hasnt its made us remember our religion more and feel how the poor feel and youve got an issue i really think you need to look to the bad things in society rather then looking to muslims and saying bad because we are good parents to our kids and dont abuse them and remember our religion and do what we can towards it

letting kids lose control of themselves is repulsive and should not be happening parents should be in control of them and look after them in a good way now turning it round can now see how muslims feel when you point out something that is not even a issue

anyway im not talking anymore this is going far enough one poster said alchol in post so was comparing if you guys got issue with fasting then fair enough we all havea right to not like something that it