Larissa Slaei - Beirut

Here is Eid knocking on the door, to ask us the question: Are we ready to give our children the joy of Eid? The opportunity for Eid is realized in many aspects, including wearing new clothes, gifts, toys, visits and swings, but all these appearances will disappear this year in the home quarantine and in light of the economic crisis and obscene cost, yet the Eid should remain special for children.

Al-Jazeera Net met some mothers who will celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on their own way, challenging all the difficult circumstances, in order to plant a smile on the faces of their children:

Love and family cohesion

Catherine Taha says to Al Jazeera Net, "I can not compensate my children for the joy of the feast except with love and family cohesion. Walnut, this saves the family budget, and brings joy and happiness to the home. "

And she confirms that the prices have become so crazy that it is difficult for her to buy Eid clothes for her three children, and she will not be able to wander in the markets as before, due to the fear of the Corona outbreak.

Catherine also regretted what happened due to the Corona pandemic, recalling that every year they travel to spend the holidays in a country, and the children were eagerly awaiting this holiday, but unfortunately this year came "sad and different from all our habits and way of life."

Catherine bemoaned, "We used to travel every other year on the occasion of Eid to a country," but she will replace her children with love and family cohesion.

Maintaining positive energy

Catherine will strive to create an atmosphere of fun and play on Eid, decorating the dining table, decorating the house with colorful balloons that look joyful to her son Adam, and making him perform Eid rituals with his father even if at home to feel the meaning of Eid Al Fitr and its religious importance.

Lina Marwa expresses her regret that the joy of the feast will be incomplete and sad without gifts and without new clothes.

It turns out that the home quarantine will prevent sharing the holiday with relatives and loved ones. Families will not be reunited and exchanged visits will be canceled due to the pandemic of the new Corona virus, but with social media you will invest this time by exchanging greetings with family and friends while maintaining the positive energy to spread joy in the home without feeling bored or Depression.

Happy Eid is associated with the joyful meaning, love and contact with children

Spread the joy of the feast

Social psychologist Mona Darwish emphasizes the importance of investing this opportunity to practice some activities that help us and help our children to vent some of our souls.

It is imperative that we not distract ourselves and those around us by spreading joy and joy in the feast, and that we seek to spread this spirit to those around us, to exchange congratulations, to communicate with our family and friends, and not to give in to any negative feelings that can control us.

It is the duty of parents to give their children a space to express themselves, and strive to invent tools and means that enable children to take out their potentials and to express their dreams and fears through playing, drawing and sharing stories. According to Darwish, joy in the feast is related to the existence of two things whenever the children's poetry achieve the joy of the feast, namely: the joyful meaning, love and communication with them.

For example, if one of the children is delighted with playing the ball, the holiday can be linked to a ball match played by family members. And if one of your children loves to draw, then share it. If the girl loves to sing, arrange a family party for the holiday and have her participate in it with a song.

The solids, lanterns, candlesticks and balloons all bear the flavor of Eid.

The privacy of the feast for children

Darwish notes that the feast must be associated with love, as your children feel love when playing with family members with them is a loved game they have, they need to see the smile on our faces as well, and enjoy the banter with us or give them the opportunity to showcase their talents, ideas and feelings.

She concludes her speech that gifts, ceremonies and tables have turned into routine rituals that have no life and no soul in them. Therefore, the joy of Eid must be restored in the true sense of love, communication and safety, especially under the current circumstances.