Skylar's review
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
by Wendy Mogel
Skylar's review
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel
Skylar's review
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bookshelves:
judaism,
parenting
This is perhaps the best parenting book I have read to date, and I have read several. The author writes from an explicitly Jewish perspective and primarily addresses Jewish parents, but, even as someone of a different faith (Christian), I found her advice and perspectives very helpful. The section about talking about God with your children addressed the same sorts of difficulties I experience as a Christian parent. I appreciated the philosophical outlook on parenting the author presented: the emphasis is placed on training a child to behave appropriately, trusting that the heart and motives will follow the actions in time. This seems to me a much more realistic approach than the rather overwhelming and almost Godlike task of "Shepherding a Child's Heart" (an earlier Christian parenting book I read). I also appreciated her lesson on allowing yourself and your child to be "good enough" as well as the warning that we should not expect of our children what we would ne...more
