Young parents must take stock of themselves and develop a healthy sense of pride in the principles they believe in
M
ost chinuch tips seem quite obvious and commonsensical, but that in no way diminishes their value. Parents gain immeasurably by being reminded of these basic ideas, and by the ensuing conversation regarding their practical application.
Sometime back, however, I heard a chinuch idea from Rav Elya Brudny shlita that was in fact a chiddush — a concept, that I, for one, had never considered.
He said that successful chinuch should imbue a child with a sense of familial pride — that is, the child should feel proud to identify him- or herself as a member of his or her family.
I’d like to elaborate on this idea.
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