ISSUE 1565
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United We Stand
MAY 25 2024 ▪ י״ז אייר תשפ"ד
פרשת בהר PARSHAT BEHAR AVOT CHAPTER 4
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Carpe Diem! Seize the Day!
OU ISRAEL PARENTING COLUMN
Rabbi Eliyahu Safran Page 70
Dr. Ethan Eisen, PhD
many parents face is figuring successfully adapt their relatio Dr. Ethan Eisen a younger child into an adult r Page 66 with an adult child. One reason this transition As parents, we often think that as time confusing is that the duration goes on, our acquired experience ought O mmany to adulthood, B afor e r people ag to make parenting simpler. But what form and may stretch over m many parents find is that as their child The traditional Western valu gets older, the challenges of parenting it was never reality for many become more complex. One aspect of that a person turns 18 and bec this complexity that many parents raise responsible for himself. He sta is the shifting relationship with their some money, lives on his own, p child as the child grows through adolesway, and looks to get married, cence into early adulthood. During this short order. All of these lifecycle time, the child is clearly going through would indicate that the child h an array of transitions, both externally an adult. and internally. As a result, the relationBut in today’s world, and es ship between the child and his parents frum communities, the marke is changing, and parents may struggle as YERUSHALAYIM SHABBAT PARSHAT BEHARhood are far less clear. Young they navigate this shift. typically not able to pay their ow CANDLES 6:59 PM • EARLY 6:08 PM • HAVDALA 8:17 PM • RABBEINU TAM 8:53 PM Most parents understand that for a to some combination of advan younger child, instruction, guidance, and study, attending college or univ ADVERTISING & SPONSORSHIPS TorahTidbits.com OU ISRAEL 02-560-9100 oversight are intrinsic to their roles as para higher cost 02-560-9125 of living. There
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