Why Are Our Teens Going Off the Derech? www.ou.org
Too much guilt in this article. And that's one of the reasons that kids leave Orthodoxy, the whole thing becomes one big guilt trip. Rather, may I suggest that we present Judaism as meaningful, as a thought system for making sense of life. Also, there needs to be more love in this community. Many find it cold and snobbish. The kids go off to college and find down to earth and approachable people. We need more rabbis that see themselves as community builders. Quite a few are aloof and seem almost to dislike their congregants. There's more to being a rabbi than giving daf yomi shiurim. Also, parents need to chuck the TV set. No religion can compete with TV. You get drunk on all that sex, violence, excitement, and bad middos, and religion starts to seem dull.
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