Loving Difficult Students from ym360blog
Great post over at youthministry360.com by Vickie Greatwood about dealing with students with behavior problems. If you have been in youth ministry for any amount of time, no doubt you have had one (or more) of these kids in your group. Here is a portion of the article, be sure and click over for its entirety.
“In youth ministry you encounter many different students with many different backgrounds. Sometimes you may get students that exhibit difficult behaviors. But in so many cases, this acting out is in response to things that are going on in their personal life.
While it can be extremely challenging to deal with these behaviors, the compassion and patience you demonstrate might be the most positive influence in the student’s life.
It’s vital that you are the one who is the source of love and encouragement. But, that doesn’t mean it’s easy! How can we deal with keeping our cool in the midst of some of these rough behaviors? Aside from lots of prayer, here are some helpful things that can offer you hope in working through those difficult behaviors with your students.”
Read more at http://ow.ly/5dZSw
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