Abstract
Family is the fundamental unit in building strong and cohesive societies. Therefore, it is essential to provide the family with a range of mechanisms and skills that help to fulfill its mandated role by immunizing its children from destructive beliefs. Thereby, the family plays a pivotal role in embodying what is known as intellectual security in society, which is a key factor in flourishing society's progress and prosperity. In addition, It plays a decisive role in society cohesion and pursuit to achieve intellectual security to its children. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the educational role of the family in enhancing the intellectual security of the children in the Saudi society. The sample consisted of (336) parents, aged between (30-60 years), (mean = 44.04, S.D. =7.42) living in Saudi Arabia. We used the questionnaire developed by researchers, consisting of (36) phrases distributed in three dimensions. The results indicated that the role of parents was in a high level in all dimensions of the questionnaire, Especially, Religious and moral dimension. In addition, Data analysis shows the importance of the educational role of the family in reinforcing the intellectual security of its children in the Saudi society. Based on these results, this study demonstrated the importance of encouraging responsible persons to consider this vital issue with great interests and awareness, and provide full support to Saudi families, helping them to achieve the intellectual security for their children, by increasing security awareness and explaining the dangers of extremism and terrorism to the security. Furthermore, strengthen the intellectual programs, and reduce the obstacles faced by families, and its negative consequences for society.
Highlights
The family is an important pillar of social security, cultural and intellectual, as the nucleus of society
To answer the question study that stated "What is the role of the family educational in achieving the requirements of intellectual security for its children?" means, standard deviations and proportions for participants' responses to items in the first field of the questionnaire were extracted
The paper reviewed the results of the research on the educational role of the family in enhancing the intellectual security of the children, by measuring the roles of the Saudi family in achieving the intellectual security of their children
Summary
The family is an important pillar of social security, cultural and intellectual, as the nucleus of society It is the original corner and safe haven for its children [1]. The more the family is cohesive, interdependent, and committed to moral values and ethics, giving its children a love, a feel of importance, and a stake in decision-making, which this leads to more intellectual stability. It has succeeded in bringing up its children and protecting them from intellectual drift and sliding in this dangerous path [6, 7]
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
