By COLlive reporter
An event in Oholei Torah for parents of students in 7th grade featured Rabbi Lustig as well as Rabbi Shloime Sternberg, Menahel in Yeshivas Chovevei Torah, with insights into how to be proactive in our children’s Chinuch.
Rabbi Shloime Sternberg spoke about how to prepare children to mature into adulthood.
To hear an audio of the talk, click here.
In last year’s event, Rabbi Lustig, a Menahel in Oholei Torah and experienced educator, presented ways that parents can help children prepare physically, emotionally and spiritually for summer camp.
Rabbi Lustig shared with parents why we send our children to camp, what camp can accomplish, and how they can help their child prepare for a positive overnight camp experience.
“Camp is a uniquely impactful time for a child,” says Rabbi Lustig. “It is an incredibly powerful experience, and can have an effect for life, with a potential that works both ways.”
Topics covered in the video explore what are the benefits of preparing properly, social behavior, setting clear expectations, and more.
The video also covers the emotional aspects of camp such as dealing with pre-camp anxiety, homesickness, peer pressure, bullying, safety, and more. Click here for a list of topics presented.
This presentation is the third video in the educational series “Proactive Chinuch” from the Oholei Torah Chinuch Department, an upcoming series of educational videos related to Chinuch by various presenters and experts.
Click here for the handout for this video
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Forcing a child to go to a school’s mesivta/yeshiva “camp” is ridiculous! Yes learning should never stop, I agree, but give kids the option to refresh themselves from the same group of kids, expand their horizons and recharge in a new environment where they can come back more energized for a new school year.
agreed upon immensely!!!
The yeshivah system was created, primarily, not for those who already know how to control their free time productively, but on the contrary, for the majority of boys who have not yet reached the maturity to control their time and use it productively. If it were, the yeshivah structure as we see it today would be deemed entirely unnecessary. All we would need is to dump the buchrim in a shul and give them the books needed and let them be. But sadly we live in a time where not all adolescents grasp the importance and value of time. And… Read more »