there are so many issues to this topic. excuse me if i slightly go off. i seem to be quite older than most people in the cr. i have a sister nearing 60. she told me when she was younger growing up in the states, the kids in the day school all played with each other. it didn’t matter if they were from chassidish homes or litvish. everyone were friends and the parents did not check each other out. the generation has changed. schools have changed. try getting an average student into school, impossible! pick up an average jewish magazine with adds. the gashmiyus is enormous. we are different. we want different things for our families that people didn’t have or need 40 years ago. abuse is out there yes, but i know many teenagers personally that were not physiclly abused that are otd. we need tons of love and tons of patience for these kids. maybe that is what g-d is trying to teach us now. it doesn’t really matter why, but how can we help them.
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