When raising our children, Rav Berkovits advises us that every chinuch consideration should be future-oriented. If your children are neglecting certain mitzvos out of rebellion, forcing them just won't generate warm feelings towards you - or to their inner spiritual yearnings. Hear a fundamental talk on being equally attentive to the short, and the long-term needs of your children's growth and well-being.
Rabbi Greenwald wraps up this Education Series with a follow-through of a Q & A session to clarify earlier discussions. Related issues include choosing a school for your child, especially if they have different values than your own, and deciding if you’d prefer to send them out of town.
Parents that continue drilling educational messages into their child’s brain somehow believe it’s a compensation for the ‘chinuch' training they never received. Rabbi Greenwald, a renowned educator of educators explains ‘chinuch’ in layman’s terms for everyone to understand, and apply. Create a fertile environment for your child’s thirsty curious mind. Each session covers a specific topic that stands on its own.
How can we motivate our children to achieve the objectives we feel are important for them? The first rule is sell, says Rabbi Greenwald. This child education expert gives valuable tools on how to make goals desirable, how success breeds success, and how truly believing in your child will give them the ability to soar higher than what you even thought they were capable.
One of the last thing a child needs to see in their parents is hypocrisy - whether intentional or not. If this is how chinuch works, is it possible to raise a child to a higher level then they've reached? Rabbi Morgenstern says yes, and shows how we are to explain to them our own human faults - without losing face. Related issues include teaching respect for parents, and for disciplining in a calm manner.
How well do you as a teacher realize your role in being the next link in the chain of transmission? However if your students are busy trying to honor you, how will they learn to direct their honor to the Torah itself? Rabbi Morgenstern offers a healthy review with advice on role modeling, giving mussar and discipline.
When children are young, parents give them loads of smiles, hugs & kisses - far outweighing the criticism they get. This ratio drastically shifts once kids move into the adolescent tug of war - called 'control.' Rabbi Milstein tells transformational stories that occurred to teens when the reins of choice were put directly into their hands. Hear how to test spin such an option when a child's need for independence rears its wagging head.
Rabbi Orlowek says that a parent's role is to raise independent children. With this in mind he delves into the underlying objective of discipline: to create a conducive atmosphere in the home. As parents, what emotional involvement should we be aiming to maintain, and for those times we get caught off guard, what big picture can we envision so we don't rock the boat?
Whether you are a teacher or a parent, you'll finish this talk with solid ideas from a world-renowned parenting expert. Hear the difficult environments that prey heavily upon your child's character. With clear examples and poignant stories, Rabbi Orlowek teaches you how to steer your children into good environments, along with a few simple skills for being a better role model.
How much more difficult is parenting today than it used to be? Hear a humorous, but goal-oriented talk explaining the 'DIET' formula, in which Rabbi Solomon offers key guidelines for creating a closer bond with your children in order to help them be more resistant to the outside world's negative influences.