Avram, missed an old post about a kid not davening mincha
>> I think you have misjudged that situation and ascribe much more negativity to it than there was.
there was no negativity. My friend & teacher was definitely right to drag us an hour away to ask this shailah. He just did not expect that the lesson will be directed to him. I was there and we talked about it, not something that I observed on the street, so I am pretty much sure of what happened,