Why are parents not more involved at the level of personal contact with the students (i.e., small group leaders, etc.)?
We feel the parents have an obvious and genuinely critical role in the raising and biblical instruction of their children. However, as students develop, maturing in their social setting as well as their physical and spiritual makeup, we feel contact with other believers in the church is also highly beneficial. Why do we feel this way? As students develop, they seek more and more to find their own identity, their own personality, and their own expression of those character traits. By being involved with other believers, the students are not held by the restraints of parental involvement. In contrast, they can explore themselves and their tendencies (to be loud, shy, thoughtful, expressive, etc.) within the confines of the youth group and other believers. It is important for students to learn their own ways of expression. When out from under the wings of their parents, they are forced to trust and rely on other people, Christian and not. These relationships are a positive trait in the de
