Lots of new offerings for parents
Last night I attended the first class of a new Rosh Chodesh program hosted by the Phoenix Community Kollel and Ruach Hadassah, “By the Light of the Moon: Parenting Illuminated by the Wisdom of the Jewish Month.”
As a mother of three young boys, I thought I could use a little inspiration to see beyond the daily challenges of tantrums and sibling rivalry and gain focus for 2011.
As usual, instructor Cindy Landesman, director of the kollel’s women’s programming, didn’t disappoint. The first lesson, “The Waters of Shevat: The Beauty of Giving,” focused on teaching your children helpfulness, kindness and compassion.
“Shevat is a month when we acknowledge where fruit comes from and that it has a source,” she wrote in the class notes. “Even though Tu b’Shevat is only the beginning, we celebrate it with the end product – actual fruit to show gratitude from how it started.”
“The parenting concept that flows from this is that it is a time to focus on our efforts in creating beautiful, whole, sweet fruit – our children. Now is the time that we can create the optimal conditions to nurture the ‘seeds’ and give them all they need to blossom in the best way possible; while still ‘attached’ to our homes.”
She provided several examples of how to do that for the 25 or so mothers who attended – from setting an example to creating an established routine of helpfulness and kindness. I left fully inspired and when I got home, at 10 p.m., I didn’t even mind too much that all three kids were still awake…
Anyway, may the month of Shevat be full of growth and development for our community. And come on out and celebrate the New Year for Trees – Tu b’Shevat – at Jewish National Fund’s Walk for Water on Jan. 23.
By the way, for mothers who could also use some inspiration, click here for information about future sessions in this parenting series.
(In other parenting news, the Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center presents the grand opening of its Parenting Place this Sunday during its open house from noon-2 p.m., author Blythe Lipman starts a series of parenting workshops there the following day, and Temple Kol Ami is starting a parenting series on Jan. 26).
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