tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post1280665705620615440..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Changed by a decade of ParentingThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-8236754046452816042009-07-19T21:42:16.932-04:002009-07-19T21:42:16.932-04:00Jack-
Thanks, I'm flattered!Jack-<br />Thanks, I'm flattered!The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-82812261188817852192009-07-17T21:50:58.512-04:002009-07-17T21:50:58.512-04:00This post made me smile any number of times. I too...This post made me smile any number of times. I too am more flexible than I once was. And I'd like to think more patient.<br /><br />It is a good way of being taught what we don't know exceeds what we know.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-66544218958073622732009-07-14T16:40:09.243-04:002009-07-14T16:40:09.243-04:00very nice, RH.very nice, RH.Tzipporahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807511259582331073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-41233711486417802122009-07-14T10:48:23.434-04:002009-07-14T10:48:23.434-04:00Joel-
Agreed... except when I don't agree. The...Joel-<br />Agreed... except when I don't agree. There are exceptions to that rule, I believe.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-5175556235266022052009-07-13T05:24:51.730-04:002009-07-13T05:24:51.730-04:00that Risa knows a lot!
fwiw realize that you are ...that Risa knows a lot!<br /><br />fwiw realize that you are a guide but that your kids must each find their own way back to the garden (parents need to leave the helicopter home).<br /><br />KT<br />Joel richAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-8517036736030632252009-07-12T21:38:54.454-04:002009-07-12T21:38:54.454-04:00Fruma-
Thanks, and ditto on both!Fruma-<br />Thanks, and ditto on both!The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-56866426749962025602009-07-12T13:07:40.098-04:002009-07-12T13:07:40.098-04:00I also offer my congratulations on reaching this m...I also offer my congratulations on reaching this milestone! <br /><br />Here's what I would add (as I look back on almost a quarter-century of parenting):<br />* Parenting required me to make choices that helped me better understand and (sometimes) reexamine my values. (I've sometimes found that I have had to choose between two things that I thought were equally important to me, as a result of children being part of the equation.)<br /><br />* Parenting made me more grateful and appreciative of my own parents.Frumanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-80085484633101108152009-07-12T11:47:34.615-04:002009-07-12T11:47:34.615-04:00Risa-
Very true, and I like the mashal/nimshal mas...Risa-<br />Very true, and I like the mashal/nimshal mashal.<br /><br />Mrs. S.-<br />Agreed, but why couldn't anyone wear a striped shirt with polka dot pants? (I really don't have fashion sense.)The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-24668587025963331842009-07-12T10:32:16.355-04:002009-07-12T10:32:16.355-04:00Happy birthday to your bechor!
"Parenting tr...Happy birthday to your bechor!<br /><br />"<i>Parenting tries to teach us that we don’t need to stand out.</i>"<br />I would take this even further: Parenting teaches us that it's not always about us. (One simple, mundane example: Do you let your 3-year old express his/her creativity and independence by wearing a striped shirt with polka dot pants? Or do you worry that the neighbors will think that YOU have no fashion sense? Etc.)Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-60243755732076871412009-07-12T09:15:46.495-04:002009-07-12T09:15:46.495-04:00As a parent well into my fourth decade of parentho...As a parent well into my fourth decade of parenthood (but really it's not about years but generations, I'm a grandma now and those two year olds now have kids in school) I will volunteer that the next significant 'ahaa' moment will be when you see your own kids in the role of parent. <br /><br />You have been there, done that and yet here you know that no matter how much you want to that change that you, Rabbi Torczyner, describe can't be taught. Neither can most of the other lessons I learned along the road. I can only recount them and hope the moral of the story helps. (I am the משל and I only hope my adult children get the נמשל ).Risa Tzoharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012097234847651866noreply@blogger.com