Reply To: Does it really matter why kids go off the derech?

no but it does. misconceptions are very dangerous. for example your average psychology student learns something in class and attributes every behaviour as stemming from one specific source rather than allowing for several possibilities. for example if someone learns that haughtiness stems from lo self esteem, every person they meet who is haughty will be perceived as having low self esteem whether or not its true.

preconception is a dangerous thing because if you go into a situation with preconceptions and you happen to be wrong, you may not see it because of your preconceptions. so lets say you’ve settled on school curriculum being too hard and driving kids off the derech, you may miss the boat with a kid who drops out and goes off the derech because he has family issues, or hes brilliant but lazy.