I recognize some of you from another feed, where as you know, I am struggling with my son going off the derech. I will just say that my son was shown a great deal of love, affection and encouragement from both me and my husband, and we always had a good relationship with good communication. None of this prevented my son from making the changes he’s made. He is enticed by the secular world, which is filled with many of the things we don’t have at home and don’t want. He never really enjoyed learning, although he is extremely bright. He went through a tough period in school where the kids made fun of him, and although we met with the principal a number of times to address this, apparently it made a deep mark on him, which he talks about ’til today. I have to agree, that I don’t think the school Rebbes are well equipped to deal with a lot of the behaviors in the classroom, and may make critical mistakes that seriously impair the child’s ability to develop a love of learning, as well as respect for Rabbonim.
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