as youth pastor i do a lot of news filtering on the state of, trends of, and all the ills of today’s and future youth culture. if you do some news search for teenagers it isn’t a very promising picture (especially globally). one of the trends i see in the news is a whole lot of angry kids in the england. but as with any news reporting as with any statistic there is always the ‘other side.’ so my heart was lightened by the latest from asbo jesus.
its nice to think of the other side of all the statistics that we hear about and fear over. truth is, i have over 100 kids from ages 12-18 in our youth community and, though i don’t know the intimate details of every moment of their lives, i pretty confident they are all on the positive side of every bad statistic.
it reminds me of some parenting education i used to teach on. i used to coach folks on doing a paradigm shift in their viewing of their children. to stop looking/seeing the bad stuff but to look for those positive pieces and celebrate those (even if they are minute).
well, enough of the preaching. its time for some music this whole thought process made me think of.
I so know what you are talking about. I collect stats for our youth pastor, and I read them quite a bit. I always have to remember that most of “the kids are all right.” (The Who was right about that.) I saw the ASBO the other day and it made me smile.
I so know what you are talking about. I collect stats for our youth pastor, and I read them quite a bit. I always have to remember that most of “the kids are all right.” (The Who was right about that.) I saw the ASBO the other day and it made me smile.
This is a great graphic. Guess what else? Most neighborhoods are safe. So are nearly all toys. And I guess Republicans.
But again, the news only covers the exceptions, not the rules.
This is a great graphic. Guess what else? Most neighborhoods are safe. So are nearly all toys. And I guess Republicans.
But again, the news only covers the exceptions, not the rules.