http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/tags/kids-at-risk YWN Coffee Room » Tag: kids at risk - Recent Topics en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:17:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/search.php http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/is-there-a-drug-problem-in-the-frum-world-1#post-3316 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:16:00 +0000 careful Hashem reads these 3316@http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/ <p>As many of you may have seen, there is a story on YWN about a couple of teens<br /> that were arrested for apparently flashing illegal drugs and then assaulting someone<br /> in South Fallsburg. So I present a question to all of you YWN readers; is there a "drug problem" in the Frum community?</p> <p>IMO, there most definitely is, and I wish we would acknowledge its severity and extent. I personally have never used drugs, however, I know a few Frum people that have/do. The destructive nature of drugs cannot be understated. Drugs can take a person down soo quickly and severely, and the long term effects can be great (including, Rachmana Litzlan death). The passive, accepting and almost glorified way society as a whole views drugs has slowly but steadily seeped into the Frum community.</p> <p>So I guess I'm asking the following: 1. Am I alone in my opinion or are there others that see what I am seeing? 2. No matter your opinion, I'd like to know this: Do you know a Frum person that has ever used any illegal substance (including marijuana)? </p> http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/treatment-of-teens-off-the-derech#post-2765 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:43:39 +0000 Blindfaith 2765@http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/ <p>There is an epidemic today of teens "off the derech" and I'm the parent of one. Our teens are going through depression, drug abuse, eating disorders, leaving religion, cutting (or self-mutilation) just to name a few. Besides professional help these teens need love and inspiration to come back to religion and heal. Someone or something has turned these kids off and we all have to help bring them back. My teenage daughter is a loving sweet, bright girl and B"H she lives at home, unlike some whom their parents unfortunately don't know where they are. Being she's left religion she dresses like the average American non-Jewish teenager. I live on a frum block with young parents of little children. It hurts me so much how you shun my daughter because of the way she looks. If she was turned off then don't turn her off too, help turn her on, just a kind word or even just hello could make a difference. Remember she was once a little girl just like your daughter. Your daughter could Chas Veshalom be this teen one day if we don't do something now to help these kids and stop this epidemic.<br /> KBB </p>