Reply To: Going off the Derech

Imaof3-I am not ‘kicking’ him out of the house. He has the choice to come home at a reasonable hour and sleep in his bed. And he has told us many times that he does have a place to sleep if we ‘throw’ him out. I’m not sure we can wait for the winter. Each day is gehennom, and here in Israel the winter doesn’t get cold until January. The question ‘who knows what will happen to him’ is the big question. Maybe something good will happen, or maybe something bad will happen that will lead to a change. (I might be willing to take the risk). Part of me thinks that he can’t hold on indefinitely to the fantasy that we were terrible parents. I keep thinking, that at some point he will miss our love, and all the good memories will start to kick in.