The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
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The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
A problem can be fixed, but a true limitation requires adjustment of expectations and acceptance of an imperfect son or daughter. Parents feel hope if their restless child is actually hyperactive, their dreamy child has ADD, their poor math student has a learning disorder, their shy child has a social phobia, their wrongdoing son has “intermittent
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According to Orthodox psychologist and parent educator Miriam Adahan, children need an opportunity to learn about the “wave pattern” of emotions. If parents rush in to rescue them from distress, children don’t get an opportunity to learn that they can suffer and recover on their own. TURNING
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Judaism recognizes that it is possible to use food as a potent vehicle for holiness and family unity. Through the proper attitude toward food and the proper environment for eating, spiritual ideals can be transmitted into daily living.
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Opportunities to practice derech eretz include greeting people, inviting them into our homes, and speaking about other people in a respectful way whether or not they are within earshot.
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
making negative statements without taking action demoralizes children and crushes their need to have something to believe in. It’s up to us to bolster our children’s enthusiasm and optimism, not undermine it.
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
your main focus should be on short-circuiting arguments, letting go of your wish to reach consensus, and taking advantage of opportunities to let your child practice honoring you.
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Parents cannot and should not try to eliminate longing in a child. Instead, we must teach our children how to redirect their longings, accept “no” graciously, and appreciate the blessings they do have.
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Your most lasting legacy, the only one that really matters, is how your children will treat their fellow creatures and the world you’re leaving them.
Wendy Mogel • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
If boys risk getting their spirits crushed in early elementary school, girls face a different challenge—fulfilling impossible expectations in adolescence.