Rabbi Raphael Klatzko - Part 1: Introduction to the Wisdom of Jewish Parenting

[Music] let's give an introduction to parenting now rural parents Baruch Hashem and if we're not yet the minister said we will be God willing and as parents so we sometimes may ask ourselves am i doing the job right then we'll go to people for advice and we'll read books we'll go to seminars these things are great they're fantastic many people have helped a lot of empowerment by going to them information but there's one key idea we don't want to forget let's think about this for a second the child that was born to you has I'll say he was destined for you and not only that he chose you now what does that tell us it tells us that you are the one who's supposed to be his parent now if God said you should be his parent and God gave you that job and you know what you're the best one to do it and that's why he gave it to you any advice anyone's gonna tell you anything you're gonna read those are great whatever you could use take it in but it has to be you now we all have different life situations we have different types of children some a little easier some a little more difficult they go through stages in life when they're young when their teens do I deal with this what do I do when we've won to the experts they have to ask different but the expert really is deep inside of you so anything I'm gonna tell you you have to pick and make it you parenting comes from you and you know your child and you could be the best parent for your child more than anyone else in your situation in life whether it's easy whether it's difficult whether you come from riches or poverty that's the situation your child is supposed to be in and that's the situation that you can parent best in cuz that's the one I have set up for you there's no ideal parent there's no picture of like the right parent there's you and your children that's how it's supposed to be this is you know you know the little men she's with the mommy and the Totti and the little kids so everyone really is their own little men cheat there's no you know print that's saying oh this is the right father and this is the way the right mother should look like and all our idiosyncrasies and some some of us have a little more of a temperance almost a little more even and but it doesn't make a difference because you are the right parent for your child and I'm not excusing having you know acting out on your temper whatever your temperament is whatever good and less good things that are about you that's the person who's supposed to be the parent for your child now that we know that your child is meant to be parented by you let's see how we can be the best parent possible and how we can take this role that was put upon us that we were honored with to be this child's parent how we can do that in the best possible way looking forward to speaking to you again this is wonderful Pascal with the Jewish pant guitar [Music]