Kesher Nafshi 6th Shabbaton

800 parents of children who are struggling within the system and who hail from every community—Chassidish, Litvish, Yeshivish, Sefardic— recently attended the Kesher Nafshi convention in Stamford, Connecticut, with experts on parenting, Chinuch, and mental health.

"There was a part of me that wanted to turn and run. By entering this room, I would be making an admission: I am the parent of a KIP (the vernacular for Kid in Pain.) But I belong here," writes B. Stein.

 An unprecedented Shabbaton for 600 parents of children who went "off the derech" was organized by the Kesher Nafshi organization. Watch one of the moving speeches.