You’ve Told Them 100 Times. Maybe the First 99 Weren’t Wasted - Haazinu

You’ve told your child the same thing 100 times — and somehow, you’re telling them again. Is anything actually getting through? In Parshas Haazinu, Moshe compares Torah to rain. Rav Simcha Bunim of Peshischa explains that there’s something unique about rain: **you can’t actually watch it make things grow.** The change happens slowly, one drop at a time. That may be exactly how parenting works. As we begin a new school year and approach Yom Kippur, there’s an important message here about the way we look at our children’s growth — and our own. Maybe telling them something 99 times doesn’t mean the first 99 failed. **Maybe those were the first 99 drops.** In this week’s *Parenting in the Parsha*, we explore patience, consistency, teshuvah, and why some of the most important growth is happening long before we can see it.