What misconceptions hinder understanding between adults and young people?
GREENE: We as adults greatly underestimate the role we can have in young lives in dealing with the issues just discussed. We have this misconception that young people don t want to relate to adults. But everything about teenagers is geared toward one thing finding love and acceptance. I ve been involved in youth ministry for 26 years. I ve never seen a generation more hungry for adults to be mothers and fathers to them. We can t replace their parents, but these young people are craving attention from someone who is older who will take the time to care about them. Even the most rebellious young people, I m convinced, act the way they do in an attempt to get attention. In the end, it s a bigger priority that adults care about young people than that they completely understand them. EVANGEL: What can believers and congregations do to nurture young people? GREENE: Young people can no longer be viewed as “the church of tomorrow.” They are the church of today. Unless they are prioritized toda
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