Yes, kids are taught that if they do mitzvos they get rewards. However, for whatever reason while they did mitzvos bad things happened to them and they turned off the derech. Their questions are, why did these things happen to me, or my family and/or friends when we were all following the Torah, being good little Jews, doing mitzvos etc. The argument just doesn’t hold water. You can’t use that kind of logic on kids. Why do kids die young, what did a 3 year old do to deserve death? Kids have questions and need answers, they are not capable of blind faith. The more you ignore their questions, the more questions they have. Hashem is a concept to many, Hashem is not tangible and when FRUM Jews do not role model the exemplary behavior they are supposed to the concept of Hashem being a loving caring G-d that will reward them and not hurt them becomes a foreign concept.
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