The Mother’s Chinuch Influence

Analysis of the nature of the educational influences a child experiences from his father and mother.  Acute Torah lessons versus osmosis and experience.

Importance of a positive environment in terms of the opportunity to hear guidance and critique.  Rebellion against being told what to do by Hashem reflects the presence of an element of apikorus.

Rabbeinu Yonah’s discussion of the limits of a child’s moral intellect and the importance of parents’ educational and moral guidance in the child’s early years.  Laying the foundation for the yetzer hatov to take hold successfully later, as the child matures.

Citations: In addition to the commentaries on Mishlei, this shiur also references Rambam Hilchos Sotah 4:19.