Reply To: What percentage of off the derech kids/teens/adults return to Yiddishkeit?

I believe for many of these kids, it’s not that they are choosing a secular lifestyle because they think it is better, or have integrated into the secular world, but they are running away from a world in which they were hurt, rejecting what they perceive has rejected them. Their lifestyles are often not considered “normal” even by secular standards. But if they can get past their pain, recover from their addictions, etc they can return to the life they rejected.