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This is a question many of us should be asking ourselves this time of year. As we approach Rosh Hashana let us take the time to reevaluate ourselves as parents.
Every Friday night, as I light Shabbat candles, I pray for the strengeth to be a good mother. To be calm, protective (but not too protective), and to act as a good role model are some goals I think of every week. And now, as we are gearing up for the new year, I am looking back on this past year and thinking of ways to improve.
Let’s ask ourselves:
Are we headed in the direction we want to be going? Could we be doing better?
I’m interested to hear your thoughts, so please share!
Comments on: "What does it mean to be a Jewish mother?" (3)
It’s very hard for me to be protective but not overprotective even though I’m a psychologist and I know better!
thanks for sharing! you make a really good point, and i hope to work on this myself. my son is very young so being overprotective is almost natural. but as he is growing older i have found myself ‘letting go’ a bit of my protectiveness. today was his third day of preschool and the first day i wasn’t super anxious and nervous while he was away from me for 2.5 hours! shana tova!
See FreeRangeKids.com for an antidote to overprotectiveness.
The link didn’t work for me.