Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Parenting Teenagers

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

[Music] good evening good evening today we are going to speak about a very important topic hopefully we all will live through it and um live i mean survive through it successfully and the topic is teenagers this is the last in the series on on parenting and on parenting and it's a on one hand a summary of what we have been learning because many things that we spoke about um in previous classes apply to teenagers it's sort of you have to combine all your skills and now concentrate on on your older child or teenager whereas with a younger child at the whereas with a younger child at the younger stage you deal just for that stage but as he grows he carries with him memories and baggage from his younger years and now when you are speaking to a teenager it's not a fresh baby but rather it's an experienced teenager it's an experienced individual who has developed his individuality who has memories his individuality who has memories who has a unique relationship to you and to the whole world and so now within him he has a baby within the teenager he has a toddler and within him he has an aspiring adult a teenager and it is scary for him because he is entering a stage in his because he is entering a stage in his life that he's unfamiliar with seemingly more opportunities open up for him or her and they're not ready and they are scared it is tempting but it is also scary so when you approach your teenager you're no longer dealing with a a single individual but rather you're dealing

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1. 0:00[Music] good evening…
2. 6:13person and sometimes like a depressed individual sometimes very happy because they're not yet in control…
3. 12:23alienate them from ourselves damage the relationship cause them to lose their confidence when they constantly…
4. 18:34a young adult before he becomes one this way you you're gonna be ready waiting for…
5. 24:48now i have to stop now i have to control now i have to change them…
6. 31:04they become crazy and they understand it they cannot control themselves they fight with everyone they…
7. 37:16a parent who says i want to pray praise myself with such a son my daughter…
8. 43:24love and most of all they need encouragement to show them that yes we believe in…
9. 49:42us exactly on the reproductive organ to show that we are partners with god we have…
10. 56:03they need to know that that you take care of them that you love them you…

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