Daas Yochid – ur very funny 🙂
I certainly do not think kids are otd cuz fathers can’t come to grads or because girls and boys can’t socialize.
first of all – i totally do not think boys and girls should socialize – not from our circles anyway. maybe in the more modern circles it’s acceptable.
however,i do think we can go a bit overboard with certain rules. ie: the grad situation – but that’s not for this thread.
i am very upset about all the otd situations we see. it’s very sad when you see kids from good frum families going off the derech.
what i do see is sometimes parents are not that involved in their kids lives – that could be one reason. there are numerous other reasons such as peer pressure etc. we have to be so thankful when our kids are on the right derech! B”H we have a very close family and we are proud of our kids- all of whom have simchas hachayim and simchas hamitzvos!