Reply To: Going off the Derech

smc-you are right, it was a big step for him to see someone, and I’m hoping it will help. If you were a victim of abuse, I hope you are getting some counseling to deal with the trauma. Otherwise the trauma just festers and causes other types of suffering both for you and for those who love you.

Mom12-nice to hear from you! I understand what you’re going through, and I sincerely hope and pray that your younger son will hear you, and not follow in the painful footsteps of his brother. Maybe he is just testing you. Be strong, I am praying for you!

zahavasdad-it’s really almost impossible to protect our children from those kind of scenarios that you described. Even if parents ‘get it right’, we can’t control what happens outside our homes. You really just need siyata d’Shmaya and a lot of tefillah