Parshah Parenting

Parenting lessons from the weekly Torah reading

By Chana Weisberg


		Bo: Liberating Your Child Do we dismiss our child's issues as insignificant? Do we reassure him that this "little" incident will pass, without validating what he is experiencing, in this moment? 11 Comments



		Yitro: The Third Month Family "My children are constantly fighting with each other," laments Susan, a mother of three. "Will there ever be peace in my home?" 3 Comments



		Terumah: The Self-Made Child My daughter is always complaining that "all the other mothers" always do their children's projects and homework for them... 8 Comments



		Ki Tisa: Proactive Parenting Tapping your child's essential goodness Is there any benefit in compelling your child to do what is right, when he's only doing so because he cannot disobey you?



		Vayakhel: Look Out For Those Pegs! Building your child's character requires focusing on the "big" issues; but it also means not neglecting the "minor pegs" grounding his values 2 Comments



		Vayikra: A Great Smallness As parents, we obviously believe that genuine self-esteem is important to our children's psychological and spiritual development. But how can we avoid the hubris and laziness that invariably accompany an inflated self-image?



		Shemini: Food for Growth Split hooves, cud chewing, fins and scales, a tradition of edible birds -- as lessons in parenting 1 Comment



		Matot-Massei: The Parenting Rod "One who spares the rod, hates his child" -- what is the parctical meaning in this adage for today's parent? 2 Comments

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