Weathering the Storm — With the Acclaimed Kesher Nafshi Organization for Parents of Struggling Children
At a time when Klal Yisroel faces unprecedented challenges, with so many of our children being lost to the streets or worse R”L, one initiative has become a lifeline amidst the raging storm: Kesher Nafshi.
The organization, founded by R’ Gedalia Miller, has become the go-to for parents who find themselves in this impossible and gut-wrenching predicament. Kesher Nafshi equips them with perspective and guidance that helps them weather the storm with confidence. Instead of losing their child C”V, parents learn how to remain close, become a source of safety, and steer their child back ashore.
Kesher Nafshi creates inroads to reach these children by training the five pillars that surround a child’s world — Rabbanim, Mechanchim, parents, siblings, and mental health professionals. By empowering those within a child’s social and family circle, the devoted askanim at Kesher Nafshi have continued to save families and save lives, one at a time.
When such storms develop, the organization extends a hand with comprehensive support services, crisis Chinuch guidance, and innovative coping tools.
The offerings include the increasingly-popular Shabbatons that now regularly count hundreds of participants, tailored training programs, respite opportunities, support groups, immediate phone guidance and mentorship for parents, siblings, and caregivers, equipping them to face challenges with resilience and love. In the nine years since its founding, over 3,700 families around the globe benefited from one of these programs!
The costs of this mission are, of course, very prohibitive and the burden falls entirely on its leadership.
But the achrayus is one that belongs to all of Klal Yisroel, and there is no one who can say that they don’t have someone close to them that is dealing with a struggling child.
That is why Kesher Nafshi is turning to the community with a plea for help.
This week, Klal Yisroel will unite as one to support the Weathering the Storm initiative. Together, we will ensure that no child of ours is lost and that no family has to face this frightening storm alone.
Extend a hand!
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Good organization to support.
My humble advice is get tutors for kids ages 10 to 14. This will help them keep up in their studies in yeshiva. For kids 14 through 16 they need a mentor. A mentor is one who is one to look up to. Guide them away from bad friends or influences. Mentors could be expensive sometimes. But it needs to be a good mentor. If you don’t see results within three months switch mentors. If the mentor only keeps track of hours he worked and does not believe in your kid,switch mentors.
Now there are many large poor families who can’t afford a mentor. Here is a possible solution. Get a public speaker or Rabbi who is inspirational to be your son’s hero. Just as in the secular world kids look up to baseball players or stars and emulate their behavior despite never have met them so too you can connect your struggling teen to such a Rabbi or Rebetzin. Who are such individuals. Find them on Torah Anytime. Individuals like Reb Eli Stefansky has saved many kids who never even met him. Yet they started tuning into his Daf Yomi and changed. Rabbi YY Jacobson is a tremendous speaker. Every kid has a different neshoma and interest. There are kids who would be great sofrim and others enjoy chassidus and others enjoy deep gemorah. The Torah is cast. Some like Rabbi Avigdor Miller and others like rabbi yossi Mizrachi. Each kid is different. Give each kid compliments and encouragement. If necessary switch yeshivas for their level. Dont put a Guinness kid in a svacher yeshiva and a regular kid in a Guinness yeshiva. Some kids need a yeshiva where you can play ball. Everyone to their level.