Reply To: Going off the Derech

smc-I don’t think my son is enjoying going to counseling, but he is trying to help himself. The indicator will be when the counseling ‘gets tough’, will he stick it out? I hope so.

Vogue-we are trying to be warm and supportive, but he does still have a lot of anger and isn’t easy to live with. Taking it one day at a time…

zahvasdad- sorry to hear about your friend’s spouse. I’m not familiar with anti-kiruv organizations, but I do know that there are a number of marriages that are just falling apart over here from various nisayonos that people just aren’t passing. There are terrible tests these days, not just for teenagers, but also for grown adults. I pray we all pass our tests, so that we’ll have the z’chus to greet Mashiach. Your friend should go speak to a Rav for chizuk and advice. Maybe someone close to her can reach her before things get worse…