Positive youth development

Youth MMA If you are looking to add one of the fastest growing and popular sports in the United States for youth, consider adding Youth MMA to your Martial Arts program. Youth MMA-mixed martial arts, offers many benefits that streamline sports such as soccer and football simply can’t measure up to. This ancient art of training the mind, body and spirit, while at the same time building self-defense skills, is quickly catching on with young people across the country. What are the benefits of…

drive today’s youth to stay inside all day. Professional athletes are the light at the end of the long technological tunnel. These athletes provide a sense of what hard work is and where it can take you. Although the physical aspects of what athletes can do are what is most observed by people, the psychological factors that athletes help young people develop are also very important. Some critics deem athletes unfit to be role models for kids. They say that all athletes show the youth of the…

Youth Sport Dangers Despite youth involvement in sports teams creates friendships, studies show it’s best to wait for sports participation. First of all, starting sports at too young of an age can be very dangerous. Although parents believe they need to put their young kids in sports early so they are familiar with the sport and not lost if they join later as they grow up, they may be putting their kids at risk because most of the body of a young kid is barely developed at such a young age. For…

inappropriate for youth, the decision is solely left to the parent (Holland). The visual for The Top Games of 2011, presents a deceiving image by attempting to make violent video games seem appropriate for children. It creates a connection between young children and violent video games. These games are corrupting the youth in society by exposing them to malicious behaviors in the gameplay. Which could unfortunately have an effect on a young person’s behaviors, language, and development. The Top…

As teenagers, we all get influenced quite easily. Sometimes in a positive way, and sometimes in a negative way, but all in all, we get influenced by the people that we associate with. Those people tend to be your friends and sometimes you may not want to speak up or tell your friends something personal. You are afraid to lose them or are afraid of what they’ll think about you when they find out. Our whole society is based on the “trends” where people who are more socially known (celebrities,…

To all coaches and parents of youth athletes, Sports are one of the most popular activities to participate in. A total of 45 million kids participate in youth sports. Parents claim that these extracurricular activities are getting way too out of hand. But really, the athletes are having a lot of fun and only 38.5% of kids don’t fancy what sports they are perform in. Therefore, youth sports are not getting too intense. First of all, the kids are claiming they are relishing their…

internet safety and safety on school trips. Children and young people should be encouraged to protect themselves and be aware of their rights to be treated equally and fairly. We should also encouragement support them to develop confidence and a positive self-image. Planning activities in the classroom which…

I am really interested in participating in the Peer Ministry course at Ursuline Academy because I would enjoy the opportunity to lead retreats for the younger girls at UA, and help to guide them into leading righteous lives. My older brother has lead many retreats for his school in past years which have helped to not only guide the younger students into leading faithful lives, but it has also helped to shape him as a person. I really want to grow strong, like him, in my faith, and help to guide…

Children are manipulated into the consumption of religion. A child born into a family with a strong religion is expected to blindly follow through with the same beliefs. Expectations placed on the youth in religion may create fear of rejection from such a distinct society. Langston Hughes experiences this fear after going to a church revival in Salvation. Hughes lies to his entire church when the pressure to see Jesus become too much to bear for him…

locking them up and throwing away the key so quickly America’s youth crime system has come a long way, but we have a lot to go before calling our method to approaching juvenile criminals successfully, we need more studies on what prevents/cause youth crime, more intervention for youth crime and better methods…