Reply To: Going off the Derech

Soliek- I don’t know, any suggestions? I was thinking about the computer, maybe giving him more computer time.

zahavasdad-I agree with you. Shabbos, for kids, isn’t as much ‘fun’ as those things. Shabbos used to be a release from school and work, now it’s a break from having fun. I think it just goes to show how ‘off’ the focus is in our daily lives in this generation. Technology has really pulled us in. That’s one of the reasons I never wanted to bring all that technology into my home, but it seeps in anyway.

happtytobehere-thanks for your advice and sharing your experience. May I ask what helped you to come back? My guess is that perhaps you never really hated to learn and were able to come back to it (?). My son, for some reason, really hates learning, even though he’s bright. He never liked the idea of haviing to study so many hours a day, he always felt like he was missing out. Now he wants out.