What, according to Jewish tradition, are the main things a parent has to teach a child?
A section from the Talmud explicitly states the obligations of a parent. A parent must teach his child Torah, i.e. give him moral education: teach him a trade or give him the tools to earn a living; and, according to many sages, teach him how to swim. In the view of some, teaching a child how to swim refers not to actual swimming but to swimming through life. Why do you feel KOSHER PARENTING is so important now? Let me share with you an anecdote. As principal of a Jewish day school, one of my many tasks was to discuss the Jewish view of sex with our seventh graders. To facilitate the dialogue with a minimum of embarrassment, I asked the boys (a rabbi’s wife had a similar talk with the girls) to submit questions for discussion beforehand. One question I received reminded me just how dramatically times have changed since I was a Jr. High school student many years ago: “Are you allowed to have oral sex according to Jewish law?” The fact that this is even on the minds of seventh graders to
