Derech is a fluid concept. If the child was not that inspired growing up, talked in Shule with friends, didn’t daven etc. but kept Kosher and was not Michalel Shabbes; then started to work on Shabbos, eat trief, and worse, then comes back to where he was as a youth, many parents would take that, even though they want more. So the child is back on the derech. Goes to shule a bit, makes a minyan once or twice a week, eats Kosher, observed Shabbos.
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