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rotary club, the toastmasters.What a lot of young people are wanting as they approach and enter adulthood is gravitas.
They wish to be treated as if they are more responsible and respectable...given authority and position.
And they may have qualifications that make them qualified to do stuff but its handed off to others.
The best advice I can give is that they need to find other things to do in the community besides video games or spending time in music/dance clubs.
There are organizations like Lions, Kiwanas, Sunshine, Elks, Junior Chamber of commerce, and etc that will help a young person become a member of the community....as well as friendships that can and will promote career choices.
My wife currently has a nice great position that came about because of a small prayer group she had founded had a member that asked for a resume who turned it into her big big boss. As a result my wife works almost directly under board of directors in the largest employer in middle TN. Her abilities and accomplishments are perceived on a similar level as their own.
And that's how it happens and is done...when she speaks today everyone listens. When she first came here 8 years ago she was upset that she couldn't get anywhere or recognition for her abilities...her honesty was not appreciated by her superiors either.
The lady who asked for the resume? She is but one of the lowest level administrative assistants possible and working somewhat beyond her capabilities. But is seen as honest even if she isn't capable.
And this is why i say, community involvement is crucial for all young people.
at 45, I will say while I don't have the same struggles as I did at your age but to say that I have got life figured out? no, life wont allow anyone to have it figured out. God wants us to seek him, struggle seems to force us to look to himI always just thought I would know what to do when I became an adult, like I would suddenly become capable and confident. Turns out that's not how it works.
I always just thought I would know what to do when I became an adult, like I would suddenly become capable and confident. Turns out that's not how it works.
There is nothing magic about getting older.
People tend to judge you for your actions and accomplishments...and many for the manner with which you speak. Assistance for the leader of a charitable event is worth tons more than any "artsy" tattoo gotten for gravitas.
(Not saying tattoo is bad...but the reason for a lot of young people is gravitas)