Salesforce Product Torah of Raising Up Teens

Objectives: Participants will . . . Further develop community with other Jewish parents of teens. Understand the 3-step Tikkun (repair or mend) Middot (character traits) process, the Jewish practice that involves developing positive character traits. Use strategies to better support themselves and their teen(s) through teen development.

Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand more about their teens’ emotional stability.   Consider their own needs for personal support.  Consider how their own worries affect their parenting. Learn to implement and model self-regulation skills to achieve greater calm and less worry for themselves and their teens.  

Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand impulsivity and decision making in teen development.  Recognize their own anger triggers and those of their teens, with a focus on feelings of being disrespected.  Explore self-regulation, communication, and repair skills, to decrease anger, resentment, and stress, while increasing their capacity to…

Objectives: Participants will . . . Recognize the importance of secure limits and boundaries in teen life. Use skills to create a calm atmosphere in the home. Understand the value of predictability in the emotional, practical, and time management spheres of home and social and school life. Use communication…

Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand the benefits of gratitude. Understand the importance of building connection and enjoying the journey of parenting. Create a vision or blessing for the next part of their parenting journey. Review the six middot they have have studied this year.

Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand the approach of “balanced parenting.” Identify their general parenting style. Recognize the benefits of the “lighthouse parenting” style.