How to Get Young People Under Control
24 October, 2007 at 12:09 am (Youth)
What are we going to do about the young people who are “out of control“?
I don’t have all the answers but I want to suggest a couple of things:
- Prayer - this should be our first resource not our last.
- Modelling - parents and leaders are quick to criticise and condemn but very slow to model and lead by example.
- Discipleship & Mentoring - one of the greatest needs for young people is a good role model. They have many bad role models but few good ones who will mentor and disciple them.
- Challenge - we need to put the challenge of serving and loving God before them. Being a Christians is not for the wimps and the weaklings; it is for the courageous.
- Parents - the most important person in a young person’s life is their parents. We can blame young people all day but most of the problems can be traced back to a negligent, careless, indifferent, abusive, angry parent.
Do you have any other suggestions to add to the list?
