title: Raising a Child with Soul: How Time-Tested Jewish Wisdom Can Shape Your Child's Character
author:  Slovie Jungreis-Wolff 
description: Slovie Jungreis-Wolff is a freelance writer and parenting instructor. She is the daughter of Esther Jungreis, renowned rebbitzen, author of <i>Life is a Test</i>, <i>The Committed Marriage</i>, and <i>The Committed Life</i> and founder of Hineni International. Slovie has taught Hineni Young Couples and Parenting classes at the Hineni Heritage Center in New York City for more than ten years.
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  # The Education of the Child
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Ellen Key
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  GOETHE showed long ago in his Werther a clear understanding of the
  significance of individualistic and
  
  
  psychological training, an appreciation which will mark the century of the
  child. In this work he shows how the future
  
  
  power of will lies hidden in the characteristics of the child, and how along
  with every fault of the child an
  
  
  uncorrupted germ capable of producing good is enclosed. "Always," he says, "I
  repeat the golden words of the
  
  
  teacher of mankind, `if ye do not become as one of these,' and now, good
  friend, those who are our equals, whom
  
  
  we should look upon as our models, we treat as subjects; they should have no
  will of their own; do we have none?
  
  
  Where is our prerogative? Does it consist in the fact that we are older and
  more experienced? Good God of
  
  
  Heaven! Thou seest old