FOUR COMMON ERRORS ABOUT CHINUCH or what chinuch is NOT

roza

Sun, Jul 02 2006, 3:22 am

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....FOUR COMMON ERRORS ABOUT CHINUCH

We have found in our work with parents four common errors about Chinuch. They are:
1. Equating Chinuch with the western notion of "Education";
2. Assuming that Talmud Torah is the equivalent of Chinuch;
3 . Failure to connect the obligation of prevent forbidden behavior to Chinuch;
4 . Assuming there is little or no parent-child relationship information dealing with Chinuch....

to read the rest of the article >>> http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/.....h.htm

any thoughts?

gryp

Sun, Jul 02 2006, 8:03 am

I dont think I understand number 3, but I like the other ones.

hisorerus

Mon, Jul 03 2006, 12:42 am

Excellent article, thanks for posting.

I vaguely remeber learning in Tanya about there being a way to accustom a child to do mitzvos (the obligation of Chinuch in a nutshell) yet avoid the problem of "Mitzvos anashim melumadah," where mitzvos are done merely by rote.

From the article, it seems that we must teach a child:
- Kabalas Ol
- Keep mitzvos
- Make "Jewish" part of the psyche