Reply To: Is Chabad Sacrificing Their Youth In The Quest For Outreach

I want to address some of the responses to my query.
Children are more emotional than intellectual, they need certain social interactions to mature in a healthy way. There may be exceptions, but most Frum kids need to interact in person with other Frum kids their age. Many adolescents aren’t ready to live thousands of miles away from their parents. They need grandparents, cousins, etc as well.
No matter how ideological the parents are, it won’t replace these basic human needs.

As great a mitzva Kiruv is, there needs to be a balance struck relative to how much spiritual & emotional cost it takes. Should a Jew sacrifice living in a Frum community so that businessmen on a trip to the Far East shouldn’t need to live on tuna cans & the non religious Israeli visitor will put on Tefillin? I don’t understand that.
Why don’t I email a Chabad house in a remote location & ask them how it affects their children? I don’t expect to get a realistic answer. They may not realize how they are affecting themselves & their children.

I don’t know if the Rebba ever encouraged Chassidim to move to a desolate Non Jewish city & open a Krechma as in olden times.
Even the greatest endeavor can become self harmful when its done without limitations.