Rabbi Yonason Geffen relates the
following story about Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky:
A family close to Rav Kamenetsky
was shocked when the youngest of their seven sons informed them that he wanted
to be a Skverer Chassid. They went
together with the boy to Reb Yaakov expecting him to convince their son that
boys from proper German-Jewish families do not become Chassidim. To their surprise, Rav Kamenetsky spent his
time assuring them that it was not a reflection on them that their son wanted
to follow a different path of Avodas Hashem.
Obviously, their son had certain emotional needs which, he felt, could
be filled by becoming a chassid and they should honor those feelings. Rav Kamenetsky even recommended a step more
radical than the parents were willing to consider - sending the boy to a Skverer
Yeshiva !