Apparently for the most part the CR chevra agree that age gap is the most significant issue creating the shidduch crisis.
How to close it is the question.
We would all agree to the following two statements.
1. Throwing the girls into the river is not the way to go.
2. If a boy is redd a girl his own age and it seems appropriate then he should be encouraged to go for it.
Our entire discussion focuses on the gray area between these two extremes, what can be done to effectively further encourage more close in age shidduchim
PM: “My (our) issue is with preventing girls as a general rule from entering shidduchim before 21”
I have not once posted or encouraged girls or their parents to hold them out of the dating scene. However that doesn’t mean that shaddchanim shouldn’t focus more on the girls who are 21-23 before focusing on the fresh from sem girls. Is this SO radical.