Q:How do I best deal with a child who wants to go to places that the Rav doesn’t approve of, like the circus or baseball games?
Tag: Parenting
Rav Avigdor Miller on Demanding Respect
Q: We learn that a person should bring people close with his one arm and keep them distant with the other arm? What does that mean?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Praising and Criticizing Children
Q: Should parents criticize their children or compliment them? Or both? A:And the answer is both; certainly! Parents should be lavish in their praise when their child behaves properly. Not only parents; neighbors too. Anybody should praise people when they behave properly. And don’t be stingy. People love praise and it’s a stimulus for them to become even better. However, parents must…
Rav Avigdor Miller on How to Fight Missionaries on Chanukah
Q:What preventive measure can we do now to avoid our children falling into the hands of missionaries when they grow up?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Hitting Big Boys
Q:The gemara says that a father shouldn’t hit a son that is older. What age is that?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Watching Your Children
Q:How strict should parents be with their children?
Rav Avigdor Miller on How to Nag
Q:How does one encourage a husband or a child without becoming just an ordinary nag?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Sending Children Away for Shabbos
Q: What do you say about sending a child to stay at a friend for Shabbos?
Rav Avigdor Miller on When to Punish a Child
Q: Which things require a child to be punished?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Yeshiva University and the Mir
Q:Should I discourage my son from going to Yeshiva University?