COMMENT | Do you ever wonder if certain societal problems will never be solved even if the solution is so rational, logical and obvious? Some issues crop up on a regular basis and no matter what we say or discuss the matter, and no matter what solution we come up with, the issue will still remain the same and crop up again and again.

This time around, the issue that I would like to raise (whether this is going to be a futile effort or not, we’ll see) is fasting during the month of Ramadan.

My two oldest children fast. They are young. Athena, the eldest is eleven years old and Alethea, the second one is seven years old (the youngest is still only three so isn’t fasting yet). My wife and I have never forced them to fast. They both started fasting out of their initiative.

Even when they decided to start, we never gave any instructions or enforced any strict commitment on their part...