Closing the generation gap only happens when youth & adults meet each other halfway!

The asset for the month of March is: Other Adult Relationships: A young person receives support from three or more nonparent adults. It feels good to be supported by our family, our peers, and our co-workers, it provides us with a good sense of self and lets us know that people care. Though we may think that adults and kids ( teens in particular) are sometimes from different planets, it is important to remember that kids need to feel supported too!

If we think hard enough I bet that each of us can remember an adult (or maybe several) from when we were kids who we thought was really "cool". I was lucky, my parents were really supportive of me ( except of my desire to have  a later curfew!), but I also had connections with other non-familial adults that were meaningful and caring. In some ways these other adults helped shape me into the person I have become today. The important thing was that we had a "connection". 

These adults might be older adult siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, coaches, after school program staff, or even parents of their peers. Though we may not dress the same, listen to the same music, or understand all the youth lingo, it does not mean that we cannot build valuable and lasting relationships with young people; in fact though it may not seem like it at times, it is exactly what they want and what they need, and frankly so do we! 

Have a Marvelous March! ~ Barbara