Dr. Shlomie Zimmerman with Rabbi YY Jacobson: How to Talk to Our Teens About Their Body Development

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about this can you give us a little bird's eye view of what the situation is yeah I think what I'm seeing and probably anybody involved with teens and youth seeing it I don't know I don't know if there's any exception I don't know if anybody would disagree with this is the simple fact that we live today in a world where there's so much exposure and openness that even if you create the most spiritually sheltered home even if that is conceivably possible you live in a community with particular laws and restrictions and conceivably your children are completely protected from any secular influence where they used to call in Yiddish from the gas you know running from the street in terms of their education and therefore you really hope that till 17 18 19 when he or she is ready you know to actually as they say start playing house they won't learn about any of it the fact is that I would assume that in most cases maybe even in a hundred percent of the cases or maybe 98 or 95 I don't have lab data you would probably have more of that you know Children and Youth are exposed in one way or another to this whole sugya to this whole issue and what happens in most cases is they're getting an education but the education they're either getting from their own challenges struggles trials tribulations failures in a very secretive way or from their relationships either with various

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1. 0:33about this can you give us a little bird's eye view of what the situation is…
2. 6:24that nobody could speak of the physical illness that's there there's a lot of damage that…
3. 12:39trying to protect absolutely I mean this so mirrors my experience with people both in clinical…
4. 19:16there's of enough they connect you they they they they show so much love they just…
5. 25:36and transparent when we realize that Hashem is not some you know Sinister Monarch in the…
6. 31:45somebody who's on a different path I probably have to become so judgmental about them I'm…
7. 38:12side that this is supposed to be the blueprint of creation and yet you quoted the…
8. 44:41there's so many outs but it's not the technical knowledge it's when that kid feels fundamentally…
9. 51:00and I tell kids all the time the same reason don't think we cover this up…
10. 57:19couldn't find couldn't find it they'll drive the whole warmth in the world to stop that…

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