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Raising Roses Among the Thorns
Bringing up spiritually healthy
children in today's society is indeed a daunting task. This book
addresses the contemporary problems parents and educators face in
raising children, in a straightforward, thorough manner, replete
with practical examples, offering Torah wisdom coupled with vast
experience in the field of child-rearing. The author of My Child,
My Disciple, and My Disciple, My Child, Rabbi Orlowek is acclaimed
as an expert educator, counsellor, and mashgiach in Yeshivas Torah
Ore. This book addresses such topics as: Understanding children,
problem-solving, effective listening and communication, the
dynamics of love, building self-esteem in children, sibling
rivalry, and coping with a hostile environment, among others.
Never before have
parents dealt with an environment as alluring to children as the
one which we find ourselves in today. Never before have children
been tempted to succumb to a culture that preaches the religion of
self-gratification and pleasure-seeking. Never before has the home
been less insulated to the effects of the media. Never before has
family life been so much at risk, reflecting the general breakdown
of the family in the Western world. Parents, more than ever, need
to compete where they are strongest and give their children the
love and security that the street can never offer. Parents need to
spend time gaining their children’s trust, and children need to
feel that their parents know them and understand them. New
approaches to problem solving, listening skills, and the imparting
of a deep feeling of self-worth and dignity are musts for today’s
family. With these skills, the Torah home can triumph over all
challenges, for the street cannot even remotely compete with a
strong, loving home in which children are heard, and who are
therefore willing to hear.
Over the past decade, Rabbi Noach Orlowek, has developed a
parenting course, replete with the tools and attitudes necessary
for successful child-rearing. Raising Roses Among Thorns is a
distillation of these courses, which have been given around the
world with remarkable success. |
