"We are family; I got all my sisters with me"

Comments to Sue Fishkoff gets her hands on Footsteps:

Chanie Schwartz: mashpia, thank u, at least someone here is writing for the discussion aspect rather then the 'spewing' aspect of this blog. ULY - ok we get it, u think frum is important, but do u have any OTHER important values? Can u understand if FAMILY is an important value as well?

Shira: Regarding what Chanie Schwartz said about family also being important, not just frumkeit - it seems to me that love and tolerance for family ( and for all of Hashem's creations), is not separate from frumkeit, but a major part of it. If in a family one of the children goes off the path, rejecting that child gives the other children:
A. a message that their parents love is dependant on their being observant Jews, while chassidus teaches about unconditional love for all Jews.
B. the message that there is something so powerful out there, that if they will be exposed to it, they will drop everything. To me that might become a self-fulfilling prophecy chas veshalom.

Of course parents don't need to go on a search for negative influences to overcome, but overprotective parents who shield their child from every germ end up having vulnerable children. If by divine providence those children have a sibling who made those choices, the parents have to trust that they have the strength to grow from the situation.

P.S. Where is S.H.?