A parent and teenager ride in the family car and talk, if this sounds like the boring life of us all to you, you are wrong, because here's network series 11, "Family on a Transportation", does just that, but manages to document life from a surprising angle and rake in millions of views.
Tomorrow (Monday) a new episode of the series deals with body image, and among the participants in the new episode - two Chabadniks who may look like twins, but are a mother and daughter, who open everything up and provide a glimpse into their lives.
"We networked the car with cameras and microphones, gave us topics for conversation and sent us on our way," says Miri Forrest, 37, a mother of five and coach of women's running groups ("This is my mission"), who participates in the series with her daughter, Yael (18). Nursing student at Shaare Zedek. "Yael had more concerns, what to see and what not, but I was not afraid of embarrassing issues. I voice my opinions on all platforms, say what I think and stand behind my things, so there was nothing I said to the editors: 'You will not raise this.'"
"I was a young mother," Miri explains, "my daughter is now more or less the age I was when I gave birth to her, so we are close in age, but there is a generation difference between us."
During the conversation between the two also observed the differences in body image: "It turned out that she would like to be whole with their body as she thinks I am whole with mine. It surprised me that this is the message she received from me, because I am not happy with my body image. "Body and eating disorders should have meaning and a place in our world as well, and we had a very serious conversation about it. I believe it is also a conversation that comes up in many homes where there are girls and teenage boys. I was glad that the message she received from me is a positive one."
Yael had more concerns, what to see and what not, but I was not afraid of embarrassing issues.
I voice my opinions on all platforms, say what I think and stand behind my things.
Issues of faith also came up in the videotaped conversation: "Where is God in our daily lives, what does it mean if there is a God, where does He lead our lives, is there free choice, and other questions. Obviously we have questions in faith and it came up, and we tried to find out Between us. It's an age where we ask ourselves if we want to be like our parents. I am in favor of a containing and embracing message. As we embrace ourselves, that's how we should embrace our children. We have more complicated thinking and children ask more directly and simply The answers should be simple and clear. When I answer to a child, sometimes I also answer to myself. I did not try to be a 'rabbi'. But I guess because it is an integral part of our DNA, then there was a discourse of a Chabad woman, of mission, of distribution Torah and mitzvos, and some of the mitzvos protect us and come in our favor. "
Did you open up to Scripture before you decided to go for it?
"I do not remember what the exact blessing was, but I received a blessing to use the tools God gave me, to spread light further. I often open in scriptures, do not ask questions but ask for blessings, and they come. The Rebbe and his Torah are an integral part of life. "And when I get to New York I go to Zion and the Beit Midrash and feel its power. I asked God to make my way, that I would be a faithful messenger to who I am, and I'm sure it really turned out fine, even though I have not seen the episode yet."
Miri admits that at first the presence of the camera affects the conversation and "in the first moments you behave in a way that is aware of the camera", but then you forget that every word said in the car is recorded, "and the conversation is self-directed. ".
"It's an opportunity to talk and open up all kinds of topics, to hear her opinion and what she thinks. Thanks to this program we sat together and talked like we had never talked in our lives. It only did us good. We found that in many things we are similar and think quite similar."
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And yet, with all the openness, there was one difficult question that Miri kept to the end: "Already at the auditions we had a chance to open up and talk, get to know each other, and there I got a question I decided not to ask."
"Only in the photos themselves, when we were in our car with all the cameras and microphones, I asked her this question: Did anyone ever hit her. When she told me no, I was excited. It made me so happy. It is impossible to avoid injury completely, but it is important to raise the The option that can be harmed. The conversation opened very modestly on the issue of relationships and vulnerability, and I felt I had received a certificate of excellence. It does not depend on us, but we have the ability to teach our children how to respond in such situations, instill in them the confidence that no one should touch "In them, and give them tools with which they can prevent something when it's just beginning. It's a strength you want to pass on to your girl, and I feel I have succeeded."
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