Believing in Today’s Youth
By Darryl Duke. Filed in My View On Things |Tags: believing in todays youth, helping teenagers, teenagers, why i pray in the shower, working with teenagers, youth of america
I wrote a post here nine days ago about teen violence and although it wasn’t necessarily a negative commentary on today’s youth it still wasn’t as positive as I would have liked it to be. A lot of people think the majority of our youth don’t care about anything today and that drug use among teenagers is more prevalent than what it really is. Because I don’t want to add to these misconceptions I want to say this. Many of the troubled teenagers I worked with in the past and the majority of teenagers I talk with today are doing well and aren’t getting into trouble or taking drugs, and this is despite any lack of parenting and the way the world has changed over the years. I talked in my book about how much I loved all the teenagers I worked with and explained how negative and extreme changes that began in the mid eighties has made an impact on many people today and not just our teenagers. I know there are some teenagers who make the news today in very unflattering ways and some don’t seem to have the best education, but it certainly doesn’t help when others talk about it as if that’s the norm. Perhaps having been a troubled teenager myself it strikes a nerve when I hear people talk badly about our youth, but it’s more to it than just that. I understand and believe in our youth today and am living proof that anyone can turn out to be a good and decent person no matter what type of teenager they were.
Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 7:10 pm |
Nice read Darryl. It is unfortunate that the ‘media’ chooses not to write about all the ‘good’ people. I agree, lots more ‘good’ young people than there are getting themselves in to tuff situations.
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Saturday, July 31st 2010 at 2:06 pm |
I hope you accept a late thank you for your comment. I’ve checked out Amelia’s Room and enjoyed reading comments in the forums and will try and add some myself soon. Thanks again and I hope to hear from you on new posts I write.