Introduction:
According to a companion of the prophet, he had never come across a person who was more affectionate towards children than the prophet. Collections of Traditions contain chapters on his affection for children. They reveal his amazing sympathy with the child mind and method for their informal training in daily life, which persuaded the children to cooperate in a joyous enthusiasm for their training and education.

This research addresses “the theory of learning through interaction with the environment that involves reciprocal causation of behavior, personal factors, and environmental events.” The focus is on the children as they were treated by the prophet Muhammad.

Research Questions
How did the Prophet Muhammad communicate toward the children during his time? What was the impact of the Prophet’s way on the following generations of children?

Methodology:
Content analysis is the method of data collection for this research: “ Prophet Muhammad style of Communication toward children.” This methodology is an approach to qualitative and quantitative research that is used to identify specific characteristics in textual messages (Morris R., 1994). The textual messages in this research are the speeches and conversations that the prophet had regarding children. In addition, his orations or sermons that he delivered to address the mankind in general.

During the twenty-three years of the prophethood of Muhammad, there were many of the speeches, orations or sermons that Prophet Muhammad communicated through to deliver his message to people. The message of Islam was not only for the people of the Arabia, but also was intended to be universal.

Contents analysis looks at the characteristics of communication messages, their contents and the producers of these messages ( Rubin, R.B., Rubin, A.M. & Piele, L.J. 1996). The study is analyzing some of the speeches and events through which the prophet communicated messages related to children’s bringing and education.

The unit of analysis of this study is the Prophet Muhammad’s individual speeches. Codes such as dates, events, locations and circumstances. Using the content analysis, as a method to collect the data requires defining the categories involved in the research study. The definition of the categories will help to clarify the coding scheme and that will lead to the reliability of the research. (Hamza, M. J., May 1997)

The researcher is investigating the effects that the Communication Pattern of the prophet had on children. This will shed the light on the communication techniques and strategies that the prophet used to attract children to learn about Islam and to become good and productive individuals in the society.

Literature Review:
According to the prophet’s guidance, listed below are some of the ways of instilling strength and honor in children’s character:

Taking them to gatherings and letting them sit with grown-ups (row models).
This will increase their understanding and wisdom, and make them try to imitate adults. The followers of the prophet used to bring their children with them when they went and sat with the Prophet. One of the stories that describe this was narrated by Mu’aawiyah ibn Qurrah from his father, who said: "The Prophet used to sit with a group of his Companions. One man had his little son with him; the prophet would bring the child from behind and make him sit in front of him…"

Teaching them good manners
Among the manners that should be taught are those described in the hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet: "The young should greet the old, the passerby should greet one who is sitting, and the small group should greet the larger group." (Al-Bukhaari, 5736).

Giving them the praise and respect they deserve in front of others
This is made clear by the following hadeeth: Sahl ibn Sa’d said that the Prophet was brought a cup and he drank from it. There was a boy, the youngest of all the people, on his right and some elders on his left. He said, "O young boy, will you allow me to give this to these elders?" The boy said, "I will not give away my share of your blessings to anyone, O Messenger of Allaah," so he gave the cup to him. (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 2180)

Teaching them sports
Avoiding humiliating them, especially in front of others
Never belittling their ideas, and encouraging them to take part

Consulting them and asking for their opinions
Giving them responsibilities in accordance with their age and abilities

Teaching them to be brave as appropriate – including how to speak in public

Avoiding extravagance, luxury, laziness and idleness