King Solomon wrote in Mishlei 32:6: \u00abTrain up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.\u00bb.<\/p>\n
What does "his way" mean? Apparently, it should say according to the path of the Torah, or ethics, etc.<\/p>\n
Every child has natural qualities, some positive and some negative. The work of education (which differs from that of teaching) consists of guiding the child to develop good midot \u2013 emotional qualities \u2013 and to eliminate or modify their negative qualities.<\/p>\n
The "according to his path" style of education involves accustoming the child to practicing good attitudes and acquiring new positive qualities that he did not possess naturally, so that these become "his path," since the habit itself becomes second nature. In this way, "even when he grows old, he will not depart from it," from good attitudes.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the same applies in reverse: if educators don't address a child's negative attitudes as early as possible, these will become ingrained, and the older they grow, the harder it will be to change them, since we have the promise that "even when they grow old, they will not depart from it." (It's worth noting that nothing prevents Teshuvah\u2014repentance and personal improvement\u2014but this isn't a license to put off until tomorrow what one can do today, since one might not have time tomorrow...).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 32:6: \u00abTrain up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.\u00bb What does \u00abtheir way\u00bb mean? It should apparently mean according to the path of Torah, or ethics, etc. Every child has natural qualities, some positive and some negative. The work of\u2026 Read More \u00bbThe natural path<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2322,6],"tags":[1010],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos","category-vida-judia","tag-educacion"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Camino.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"El camino natural<\/a><\/blockquote>