Reply To: The OTD Crisis: Observations

BS”D

I want to make it clear that I am NOT accusing people of making this up – it is just that I see a possibility for disgruntled kids and parents to make things up in order to get revenge. I am not in a community where this is an issue yet B”H but when my friend’s young son asked me to help him with his belt I had to think twice because all that kid would have to do is tell his father I touched him when I was helping him and it would be the end of me. (B”H neither the little boy nor his father are exposed to this constant talk about abuse and it would not enter either of their minds to ever think I of all people would want to help a kid with his belt for any reason but that he asked me for help).

Sadly, there are some rebbes who need to be forcibly retired – and others that just may have been better off as ehrliche plumbers themselves.

Syriansephardi, do you just mean that some kids want to test the limits and break free and they are not mature enough to have absorbed Torah values that would keep them on track even when it is difficult to keep the mitzvos (the last part of this sentence is inspired by and is a loose translation of part of the lyrics of Sheloi Asani Goy by Lipa LOL!)?

If so you are right but those kids come back in the end after a year or 2 of fooling around and sometimes they’re better for it (and they’re the ones who can convince others that it is not worth it to even try).