What are some of the common things we say that stifle communication with youth and create barriers to further communication?

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Youth Ideas - Barriers to
Communication With Youth
What are some of the common things
we say that stifle communication with
youth and create barriers to further
communication?
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Ordering
Telling the youth what he/she
should do. For example, “Stop
complaining that your Spanish
teacher gave you a failing grade.
Go into school tomorrow and talk
to her about it.”
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Threatening
Telling a youth to do something, “or
else . . .” – suggesting there’s only
one acceptable course of action. For
example, “If you don’t start studying
more, I’m not going to work with you
on your school work any more.”
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Preaching
Telling youth how to act or behave
– usually has a moralistic, ‘this is
the right thing to do’ tone. For
example, “You shouldn’t talk about
other people like that.”
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Avoiding
Trying to avoid problems or
uncomfortable situations in the
hope that they may go away on
their own. For example, “Oh, let’s
not talk about that. It’s so
depressing! Let’s try to find
something happy to think about.”
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Pacifying
Trying to make a youth feel better
without really addressing the
problem. For example: if a youth
says, “I feel bad because I was
really mean to my little sister!” You
reply, “Oh, don’t worry about it, I
did the same thing many times.”
Even though you may be
sincere, you haven’t helped the
youth resolve the issue.
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Lecturing
Giving your youth unsolicited
advise. For example, “If you want to
get ahead in life you must really go
to college. You should really work
harder in school so that you can get
into college.”
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Camp Curriculum - Whale of a Tale
Bible Studies based on the book of Jonah
Only. This youth camp curriculum was
designed to teach the basic truths
of obedience in addition to evangelism in the
context of a Biblical character. The advantage
of going through a book and looking at one
man's story is that we see not only the
teaching but the example. It becomes much
more real!
-> Tell me about “Whale of a Tale”
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Creative Youth Ideas
Camp Bible Study Series
“Who Do You Say that I AM?”
Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do others
say that I am?" It was easy to answer
because it required no conviction, no
commitment, and no risk. But then he
follows that question with another, "Who
do YOU say that I am?"
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Creative Youth Ideas
Youth Camp Bible Study Series
“Fruit Of the Spirit”
Live the Fruitful, Abundant Life
Jesus Promised. Great for youth camps or
weekly Youth Bible Study. There are 7
Primary Bible study Sessions in the series.
-> Tell me about “Fruit Of the Spirit”
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Camp Curriculum - The Great Adventure
"The Great Adventure" is western
themed Bible study series loosely based
around the song of the same name by
Steven Curtis Chapman. It was initially
written for a large Texas Church to use for
their Summer Youth Camp but has since
then proven popular around the world.
-> Tell me about “The Great Adventure”
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