Learning track
Practical Parenting
A course for parents, one session at a time.
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Practical Parenting - Introduction
In this first shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. What are our goals as Jewish parents? Why is important for us to have clearly defined goals. 2. The difference between "having" a child, "raising" a child and "training" a child. 3. The potential pitfalls of goal orie
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Practical Parenting - Let's Begin
In our second shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. What can we control when parenting children. 2. Understanding what a child actually is. 3. The role that empathy plays in the development of the child and in the parent child relationship. 4. Some core responsibilitie
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Practical Parenting - Self Esteem (Part 1)
In our third shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. The definition of self esteem. 2. The potential pitfalls of using a moral code to self evaluate. 3. Raising children to strive for completion as opposed to perfection. 4. Signs of low self esteem. At the end of the sh
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Practical Parenting - Self Esteem (Part 2)
In our fourth shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. The various paradigms of children with low self esteem. Thus far we have discussed children who anticipate losing and must avoid it all costs as well as children who feel that nobody can understand them. 2. Parenting
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Practical Parenting - Self Esteem (Part 3 Final)
In our fifth shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. Creating healthy dependency in the home. 2. How to elevate a child's self esteem. Tactics include: Praise, Understanding, Role Modeling, Respect, Privacy and much much more. At the end of the shiur you ought to be ab
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Practical Parenting - Another Link In The Chain
In our sixth shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. A parents responsibility to ensure that their child is capable of being another link in the chain of the Mesorah 2. The impact of the environment even at a very young age 3. The challenge of a school system that is no
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Practical Parenting - Motivation (Part 1)
In our seventh shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. The definition of motivation 2. The issues with not responding to a defiant child 3. The issues with using coercive measures when responding to a defiant child 4. Using reasoning and experience to motivate our chil
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Practical Parenting - Motivation (Part 2 - Dealing With Children That Are Off The Derech)
In our eighth shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. Three different methods of responding to a child who does not buy into the motivational answer we have given them: a) exploring other answers to the child's questions b) wondering if there is another issue in the chil
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Practical Parenting (Motivation Part 3 - Praising Children)
In our ninth shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. Why does praise have an impact on a child? 2. The value of setting clear goals for our children. 3. What can we do when praise is not working as a motivational tool? 4. How to praise our children (ie. specificity, imme
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Practical Parenting - Motivation (Part 4 Rewards Programs)
In our tenth shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. The goal of a reward based motivational program. 2. The difference between a reward and a bribe. 3. The various steps needed to create a successful reward based motivational program (ie. how to identify goals, set cle
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Practical Parenting - Motivation (Part 5 Rewards Programs)
In our eleventh shiur Rav Burg discusses: 1. How to build an effective rewards program. 2. The importance of short term and long term rewards. 3. The value in remaining emotionally detached. At the end of the shiur you ought to be able to answer the following
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