You want to model respect and democratic values, so you allow your kids an equal voice in family decisions.Here’s what the child psychologist sees amongst the well-intentioned parents she counsels: Wendy Mogel’s book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, will strike fear into the hearts of many thoughtful, well-intentioned parents, too. It never comes as a surprise that the children of those parents end up struggling socially or academically.īut Dr. We all know parents who find their own kids kind of annoying. Why she does it: “My goal with this book is to help mothers and fathers develop a spiritually based parenting philosophy that will enable them to handle the rough spots in their children’s development themselves,” Mogel explains.
As a result, many fine parents raise children who are rude, cowardly, and greedy. What she does: Points out that by trying to make the world as nearly perfect as we can for our children, many of us are preventing our children from learning what they need to know to mature-in the examples above, respect for authority, fairness, and facing and overcoming fears. Wendy Mogel’s book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, will strike fear into the hearts of many thoughtful, well-intentioned parents
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