The Learning Curve - Mishpacha

Let's Talk Live! (Feat. YOU!)

In our season three finale, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield answer your parenting questions. Should you encourage your child to befriend a troubled kid? Why don't baat

Let's Talk Medicating Kids (Feat. Dr. Mayer Grunfeld)

In episode 14 of The Learning Curve, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld talk 3-point celebrations and how to handle moving with school-aged children. And the big question

Let's Talk Middle School Middos (Feat. Rabbi Yaakov Schwartz and Rabbi Yaakov Feldman)

In episode 13 of The Learning Curve, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss if you should allow your daughter to attend a friend's bas mitzvah, and if a parent should

Let's Talk Penimiyus (featuring Rav Yussie Zakutinsky)

In episode 12 of The Learning Curve, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld have a deep discussion with Rav Yussie Zakutinsky and explore what different neshamos in this gene

Let's Talk Salaries for Rebbeim

In episode eleven of The Learning Curve, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss if you should intervene when your child disagrees with your spouse, if it's ok for a R

Let's Talk Old School Vs New School (feat. Rabbi Dovid Goldman)

In episode 10 of The Learning Curve, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld discuss kids stealing; what age is normal, and when should you seek outside help? How can you help

Let's Talk The Making of a Rebbi (feat. Rabbi Yoel Kramer)

In episode nine of The Learning Curve, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss if you should bribe kids not watch the superbowl, how a parent should approach poor Puri

Let's Talk Mailbag

In episode 8 of season 3, Rabbi Garfiel and Rabbi Schonfeld answer reader emails and voicemails, including how rebbeim can assur texting for bachurim when they have texti

Let's Talk Rejection (feat. Rabbi Yosef Sonnenschein)

In episode seven, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield dicuss navigating the thorny waters of AI, even on a filtered flip phone. They also talk about leaving school punishm

Let's Talk Gifted Children

In Episode six, Rabbi Garfiel and Rabbi Schonfeld unpack their own eighth grade student experiences, discuss if you should parent someone else's kids, and answer the big

Let's Talk to Today's Menahelim

In episode five, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield record live from the Torah Umesora Convention! They discuss convention takeaways and winter vacation stress, and the b

Let's Talk Self Esteem (feat. Mrs. Shaindy Muller, MA LMHC)

In this episode, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld continue discussing chutzpah, teaching moderation in a modern world, and the big question: how can we foster a sense o

Let's Talk Chutzpah (feat. Rabbi Yechiel Spero)

In this episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield talk about if you should encourage your child to go to their bully's simcha, and whether Jewish MP3 players are the be

Let's Talk Getting Into Mesivta

In this episode, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld answer our listeners' amazing feedback on the pressure conversation (and address the now-infamous "elite right" claim)

Lets Talk Students Under Pressure (Feat. Rabbi Aryeh Leib Smith and Mrs. Aliza Feder)

In our first episode of Season 3, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss kids who have a hard time getting up in the morning and whether schools should use tuition as

Let’s Talk TLC’S Back to School Special (Feat. Rabbi Motty Zeiger and more!)

On this episode, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld discuss the back-to-school struggle and hear how parents and mechanchim prepare for a new year. Plus: what can a mothe

Let’s Talk Live (Feat. The Learning Curve Listeners)

For The Learning Curve season two finale, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield host a live Zoom and take real-time questions from our listeners. They answer: Should intelli

Let’s Talk With Menahelim (Feat. Rabbi Yehuda Brecher, Rabbi Heshy Forster, Rabbi Ahron Gobioff and Rabbi Dov Gopin)

On this episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield host a roundtable discussion with veteran menahelim. What does your child’s menahel wish you knew? How should a school

Let’s Talk Tefillah (Feat. Rabbi Yitzchak Feigenbaum)

On this episode, Rabbi Garfield and Rabbi Schonfeld discuss how to best approach tefillah with your children. Also: Are gifted students being disregarded in yeshivos? And

Let’s Talk Anxiety (Feat. Shifi Lieberman, LMFT)

On this episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss how to best care for a child with anxiety. Also: We want our kids to share with us, but how do we react when t