How to navigate our challenging teenagers in this challenging generation (Q&A)

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

It's interesting. I have a dilemma. Mrs. Mandel asked don't speak about me. So, I want to So, I'm like grappling with this. And I will I'll tell you something interesting before we learn together. I'll tell you something very, very interesting. One of the worst ways ever to begin a speech This is not a speech. I did not You can believe me or not. I did not prepare even on the way here. I did not prepare. I did not prepare not for a prepare. I did not prepare not for a second if you can believe not for a second. I came with Bachmann. I came back in the middle of the night. I drove to Baltimore, went back. Today was hectic, but not for a second, not like 30 seconds. That's not what I want to do tonight. I don't I'm not looking to give a speech a prepared speech. It's not I want to speak about the questions. I want to share We'll share the great title on my mind and We'll We'll learn together. One of the worst If it was a speech, one of the worst ways to begin a speech in the worst ways to begin a speech in the world is to begin with the host. When I hear speakers, I It's cringe It's cringey. Now, what's wrong? They're saying They say start with the host. Place You start with the host. So, why is that cringey to say I'm doing that? Why would that be cringey? It's never cringey to listen to the Torah and the Torah says and you hear a speaker don't make any speaker does it they can be the best speaker, but I I don't like

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