And bpt, I partially agree with you. It’s true that boys don’t have to learn all day to be talmidei chachamim (just look at Rabbeinu Tam and the other tosfot), but if one has the opportunity to learn all day (and one’s wife agrees) than why not? I just think that the fact that learning was made into “the thing to do” (it’s not as much in the out of town communities) is very wrong. But it would be extreme to indirectly force all boys to work.
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