Youth culture

03: Be Contextual (with focus on Culture) (Note: need more positives) Expand Your Horizon: Culture is a part of our every day existence. Culture, like someone said, is the water the fish swims in; it is something we see around us but we are not aware of it or the impact it leaves on our lives. However, culture is not imperceptible. Young people do have their own specific culture. The Church has usually shied away from talking about it, because they feel that culture is evil and a Christian has…

society teaching the youth today that lack of effort deserves a reward? At what age should a child be taught that hard work and extra effort not only lead to reward, but also to a greater sense of pride and accomplishment? By the time a child reaches the age of eight, he or she should be taught that participation, or “Just Show Up,” trophies are a thing of the past. Children must understand that life does not give participation rewards for just being a part of the team. This culture of…

A few months ago I appeared on the fantastic youth ministry podcast 'The Longer Haul ' to talk about ministering to introverted students. This is an issue that keeps coming up, and I think represents one of the fundamental missteps youth ministry can take. For those of us who prefer reading to listening, I 've taken some of my key thoughts from the podcast and written them up here as notes. Enjoy! The Extrovert Epidemic Much of our youth ministry is focused towards the extrovert, which…

caring environment for youth. This paper will analysis Safe Space NYC Inc. in the settings of its agency contexts, community contexts, and social problem context. History of Safe Space According to Safe Space NYC Inc., after the United State Supreme Court ruled that all children should be protect. Many agencies for the Prevention…

When Youth Work Is Supposed To Be Difficult This morning I had a great chat with a leader of a national youth project that develops events and camps where young people are expected to work hard, study and learn more about God. It runs totally counter to much of our popular youth work models, but is also exponentially growing and spreading nationally every year, developing incredibly enthusiastic and mature young people. In contrast, one of the most popular youth work models of the last few…

Perhaps that as a recent Adolescent compared to the author I can empathize more with the hypothetical youth that he is discussing. This article hasn’t really changed my views as how I previously mentioned they weren’t much different from my pre-conceived thoughts on the subjects. However, the effect of development either helpful or destructive was kind of…

Professionalism and Human Development and Diversity Theresa Fraser had an interview session with Jessica Stairs, a child, and youth counsellor on the role of CYC /CYW in an educational milleu settings, legislation, and competencies. Theresa has been in the field for about 11years and she had started as a child and youth worker and later got her degree and became a child and youth counsellor. She works in a Toronto District School Board. Theresa talked about professionalism and cultural and human…

organised by Lyng into three separated elements. Firstly, for activities to be classified as edgework, observable threat to one’s physical or mental health well being must be present (Lyng 1990, 857). The use of recreational drug that is prevalent in youth culture (Blackman 2007,…

After School Newcomer Youth Leadership Program –Newcomers Empowerment Settlement support for Teens (NEST). This program will focus on Leadership Development, Goal Setting, Decision Making, Stress Management, Self-esteem, self-identity, Communication Skills, Healthy Living, and Social Justice, team building, academic success, community resources, conflict resolution/communication,civic engagement Ideally the start date for both programs would be April 9, 2015 and end date May 28th 2013. Dates:…

Earth because of the many job opportunities and great schools housed there. Because people are migrating to new lands or countries, I believed that it must be hard for immigrant youths to excel or adapt to a new culture. I believed this because I previously worked at an elementary school where there were immigrant youths who could not speak or understand English, which would make it hard for those children to do well on standardized tests. Not being able to perform well on standardized tests…