Reply To: Do I tell the parents about kids being mechalal Shabbos???

Gefen: it is kids( Frum kids) who all text each other on Shabbos, claiming it is only muktzah D’Rabbanan. Make sense? No! It is apparently the only thing (i.e. addiction) they cant give up. They call it “half Shabbos”. Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein has spoken on it a few times and I think there was an article published on it recently.

I agree with Yatzmich. When I was in high school( same one these kids I saw the other night go to) I went with a friend to one of his friends apartments on Friday night. I was shocked with what I found. All these kids were either on the computer, playing the electric guiter, on the phone,and who knows what else. It was really uncomformtable and disturbing.ALL of these kids were from Shomer Shabbos families. I was not as surprised as I was the other night though because I knew these kids were kinda otd(but not to that extent).