Reply To: Going off the Derech

mom12-Hashem yirachem. You are right, I also cry and daven to Hashem, it seems like only a nes will help my son. If only we could ignore him, but he is so chutzpadik and embarrases us at every opportunity. Do you think that kids do this kind of stuff to bother us? Maybe your sister should try to get her dgt to speak to someone now, before things get bigger. I’m thinking, if only my son would have spoken to someone years ago/opened up, maybe he would have worked through some of the issues that led to this…

BTW,my son went to look at 2 low pressure yeshivas. One is a bit more ‘serious’ than the other, bc it’s a half day of Torah learning, and the kids are still in black and white. They learn a profession in the afternoon, and they can sleep there. The other one is also a half day of learning but almost no limudei kodesh. But there is a lot of emotional support from the Rebbes, and the kids can basically wear what they want. I met the Rebbe, and thought he was good. I’m just afraid of the kinds of kids that will go there, plus he has to commute and still live at home. I’m trying to get him to consider other yeshivas, but he’s so DIFFICULT…