Promoting Children’s Spiritual Intelligence and Personality Development
Abstract
This present study aims to explore the urgency of promoting the spiritual intelligence of children in a family setting and
its implications for the children’s development. A qualitative descriptive design was employed in this study. Three
female and two male lecturers of Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kudus were recruited in this research. The
study used in-depth interviews to collect the data. The findings demonstrate that the lecturers enhanced their children
with Islamic education to shape their spiritual awareness. This study also highlights a wide array of reasons for the
urgency of fostering the children’s spiritual intelligence attempted by the lecturers. Firstly, this kind of intelligence
constitutes the value and meaning of spirituality. Secondly, it represents the nature of faith (spirituality) for human
beings. Lastly, spiritual intelligence reflects the meaning or core of the whole intelligence that plays a pivotal role in the
basis for intelligence quotient (IQ) and emotional quotient (EQ). The internalization of spiritual intelligence in
children can be fostered when they are in the womb until adulthood through habituation, good modeling, and
consistency from their parents. Furthermore, the implications of spiritual intelligence for children cover their character,
emotional, psychological, and physical development.
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