ISSUE 1579
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United We Stand
SEPTEMBER 7TH 2024 ▪ ד׳ אלול תשפ"ד
פרשת שפטים
PARSHAT SHOFTIM Avot Chapter 1
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OU ISRAEL PARENTING COLUMN
Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Dr. Ethan Eisen, PhD
many parents face is figuring out how t successfully adapt their relationship wit a younger child into an adult relationshi Dr. Ethan Eisen with an adult child. One reason this transition period i As parents, we often think that as time confusing is that the duration of the shif goes on, our acquired experience ought to adulthood, for many people, is not un to make parenting simpler. But what form and may stretch over many years 0-42 See pages 4 of many parents find is that as their child The traditional Western value, even for listings nd gets older, the challenges of parenting it was never reality for many people, i sa New Classe r the become more complex. One aspect of that a person turns 18 and becomes full fo Locations ar! this complexity that many parents raise responsible for himself. He starts to ear is the shifting relationship with their some money, lives on his own, pays his ow Coming Ye child as the child grows through adolesway, and looks to get married, all in fairl cence into early adulthood. During this short order. All of these lifecycle milestone time, the child is clearly going through would indicate that the child has becom an array of transitions, both externally an adult. and internally. As a result, the relationBut in today’s world, and especially i ship between the child and his parents frum communities, the markers of adul is changing, and parents may struggle as hood are far less clear. Young adults ar YERUSHALAYIM SHABBAT PARSHAT SHOFTIM they navigate this shift. typically not able to pay their own way, du CANDLES 6:20 PM • EARLY 5:37 PM • HAVDALA 7:32 PM • RABBEINU TAM 8:12 PM Most parents understand that for a to some combination of advanced Tora younger child, instruction, guidance, and study, attending college or university, an & SPONSORSHIPS TORAHTIDBITS.COM OU ISRAEL 02-560-9100oversight are intrinsic to their rolesADVERTISING as para higher cost of living. 02-560-9125 There is also a
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Parenting Our Adult-Children
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