In the book, "Holy Woman" by Rigler (see this post: here) it tells of Rebbetzin Kramer raising
an adopted daughter Miriam.
It says:
"Miriam loved her mother
but she idolized her father. His gentle, soothing manner made the little girl
want to emulate him in everything. She needed no persuading or reminding to
fulfill religious obligations such as washing hands for netilas yodayim, saying
brachos, or davening. Whatever Tatty did, that's what she wanted to do.
"The endemic hand-wringing among religious parents desperate for ways to
convince/cajole/ compel their reluctant children to fulfill religious
obligations could learn much from Yaakov Moshe's (Rabbi Kramer) child-rearing
technique.
"His unwavering love, gentleness, and encouragement were an
adhesive that bonded his daughter to him so thoroughly that she replicated his
every movement ... 'I wanted to follow
his chumras [stringencies],' she said."
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