AMG1

Wow – sounds like you described my son give or take a few items.
Looked extensively in America and there are no Yeshivos that cater to our type of boys.
There are Yeshivos that all want to be Philly or have boys that are fighting demons of some sort. That is what is offered in America. There are a few Chofetz Chaim branches that are more open to boys like mine, but they are very very small and that might not be a great environment.
My son fits into neither of these catagories – philly wanna be or fighting demons.
So we are looking at Eretz Yisroel Yeshivos they seem much better equiped and more willing to take a boy like mine and help him find a love of learning and just because he wears a colored shirt and no hat on shabbos doesn’t mean he uses drugs and is addicted to the internet.