“Many MO youth are leaving Yiddishkeit in droves.”
May be true.
I had written about this previously in Is Yeshiva World Right thread.
There is a study of the Modern Orthodox community — which I cannot link to — but you can find easily. It is by Nishma. Page 9.
The survey concludes “Children on the left are becoming much less observant than their parents.”
The survey also notes that 1/3 MO are less observant, 1/3 are More and 1/3 of the same. I am not sure that would differ from any population. And — i am not sure what less observant means. For me, i have one child who i consider more observant. I have one who i consider less but his wife covers her hair and they are shomer kashrut/shabbat. Maybe i just should not “consider”?
I had written whether when MO kids leave MO — what happens to them. Do they intermarry? Do they just become non orthodox? Do they send to day school? But for the most part — i think (with no evidence) that they live middle class/upper class “normal” lives. I would think that in the Yeshivishe world that when kids leave they leave for drugs, alcohol or a “harder life”? Am I right? Is there any evidence?