The Resilient Single Mother--How to Provide Emotional Support for Children of Divorce

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yisroel Roll’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

now we have been discussing the idea of how we can be a growing mother how we can be a growing person despite our situation in the midst of our situation of singlehood i think these this approach that i'm sharing with you applies to everybody in any situation because the purpose of life is to grow the villain tells us the purpose of life is to become the best person you can become it the best person you can become it doesn't matter what situation we're in all situations that we're in are just scenarios the word scenario if you just pronounce it correctly a scenario is really a scene ariel it's a scene in this system called life which is like a scene in a movie we're playing out a role in a movie now it feels very real to us but all the scenes all the scenarios in our lives whether all the scenarios in our lives whether we're married whether we're single whether we're we've lost the spouse whether we're single into our 30s and 40s many in the should have crisis these are all scenes and what hashem wants for us is the response to the scene he presents us with all of this is just as shakespeare said all the world's a stage and all the people are merely players we're all actors on the stage of life we're all actors on the stage of life what hashem wants from us what god wants from us is what the golden says is to develop the soul to develop our self our key self to become the most sensitive most caring most logical most intelligent most leading a leadership person the most dynamic the most supportive person we can be notwithstanding our circumstances and i was thinking about this tonight i went with my daughter who needs a covet test and

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1. 0:00now we have been discussing the idea of how we can be a growing mother how…
2. 4:05the neck massacres in 1668 1670 pogroms massacres the holocaust hashem is saying can you survive…
3. 8:21beautiful that's the answer that's the question that's the answer the question that that hashem posed…
4. 12:29because he strove i want to know i want to know you god i want to…
5. 16:37let her let my kid have it that's a moral choice that's what a celebrity means…
6. 20:43of how to become emotionally supportive does anyone have any thoughts or feedback or questions please…
7. 24:49when a child says i hate you mommy or when my child said to me if…
8. 28:58to me that way again but the real self the soul state is the real of…
9. 33:03children applies to mothers sisters brothers co-workers anybody you encounter you want to learn emotional support…
10. 37:47shows emotional support but uses a tone of voice which is empathic and caring you loved…

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