Rav Avraham Pam and the Steipler Gaon of blessed memories
Whenever Rav Avraham Pam, zt”l, was asked by a parent about how to raise good children, he would quote the words of the Steipler Gaon, zt”l. The Steipler Gaon said that raising good children depends on two factors. Fifty percent of the success in raising a good child is Tefilah. He said that if there is one thing worth Davening for and worth pouring out one’s heart for, it is that one should merit having good children.
The other fifty percent, the Steipler said, is Shalom Bayis, peace and harmony between the parents. When children see parents living together with love, cooperation, and having respect for one another in a calm environment, it profoundly affects the type of people they will become!
Reprinted from the Parshas Beshallach 5784 email of Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg’s Torah U’Tefilah.
