Rebecca Masinter is the founder of Toras Imecha and Mother's Guidance which provide Torah based inspiration and practical guidance to parents. She has been involved in Jewish education for twenty-five years as a teacher, administrator, ACT tutor, and homeschool mother. Rebecca lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband and six children, where she is active in the homeschool community and as an educator at Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore. Rebecca is passionate about sharing Torah wisdom with parents around the world and has created several video presentations and authored many articles which provide deep insights combined with down-to-earth tools for today's parents. https://www.torasimecha.com/ and https://www.mothersguidance.com/

Gems:

• Do your best to approach things from a positive perspective.
• For families: make time for family togetherness.
• Decide what you want to give your students and how you want to impact them.
• Take it one year at a time.
• Decide what is best for each child at each given time.
• Parents all have the same mission to train their children.
• Parents are facilitators in their children’s education.
• Allow children to become full partners in their education.
• The early childhood years are critical years for the influence of the family.
• The early years are the basis for the child’s whole life.
• Children need their mother to be their primary influence during the early years.
• Think about how we can help our children become their best selves.
• Help students understand that they have a purpose in this world.
• Continue growing yourself through reading, and taking classes.
• Life is not meant to be easy.
• Start children off on the path that they will go on for their whole life.
• Think long-term.
• Figure out what your goals are.
• Think about what does Hashem want from you right in this moment?
• When a student or child is struggling, it’s not personal.
• You are not a failure when a student or child has challenges.
• It’s not about the product in our roles as educators, it’s what are we putting into them.
• In order to teach, you have to love your children/students.
• Find your mentors.

Book Recommendations: Steven Covey- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families
Gordon Neufeld
Leonard Sax
Linda and Richard Eyre-3 Steps to a Strong Family
Oliver and Rachel DeMille- Leadership Education: The Phases of Learning

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