Our youth today are faced with all sorts of distractions, temptations, discouragements and emotional stress. As much as we try to identify with them and as much as we think we understand their struggles we must be honest with ourselves and admit that this generation is faced with much more than what we had to contend with as kids.
Understanding that it most definitely takes a village to raise a child, Generation CrossFire is poised and positioned to assist our community and parents with teenage and adolescent children by encouraging, motivating and mentoring our youth. For several years now, I have been driven with a passion to reach out to hurting and misguided youth and have worked with the local church and within the local community to attempt to make a difference in the lives of youth.
Yes, it does take a village and then some to raise a child. It's totally understandable that parents are at times overwhelmed with their responsibilities of their households and their lives in general. Often times the best they can do is go to work everyday, come home, prepare dinner and then send the kids on their way the next day for school. With talking to single Mom's especially, just trying to make ends meet from day to day is enough to take time, energy and attention away from their children. Furthermore, kids in most cases don't feel they even relate to their parents or that their parents can understand what they may be going through or even where they are coming from. There are tremendous barriers that must be broken concerning communication within the household that seems easier at times to just ignore than to address.
It's time for the church to come together and it's time for the community to come together for the sake of our youth. I believe that the resources and tools are available to meet the challenges concerning our youth and children and our community. The first step in making any type of progress is to realize that the task is too big to conquer alone. Yes, it's going to take all of us. Let's pull up our sleeves and take them on together.
James Boyce
Understanding that it most definitely takes a village to raise a child, Generation CrossFire is poised and positioned to assist our community and parents with teenage and adolescent children by encouraging, motivating and mentoring our youth. For several years now, I have been driven with a passion to reach out to hurting and misguided youth and have worked with the local church and within the local community to attempt to make a difference in the lives of youth.
Yes, it does take a village and then some to raise a child. It's totally understandable that parents are at times overwhelmed with their responsibilities of their households and their lives in general. Often times the best they can do is go to work everyday, come home, prepare dinner and then send the kids on their way the next day for school. With talking to single Mom's especially, just trying to make ends meet from day to day is enough to take time, energy and attention away from their children. Furthermore, kids in most cases don't feel they even relate to their parents or that their parents can understand what they may be going through or even where they are coming from. There are tremendous barriers that must be broken concerning communication within the household that seems easier at times to just ignore than to address.
It's time for the church to come together and it's time for the community to come together for the sake of our youth. I believe that the resources and tools are available to meet the challenges concerning our youth and children and our community. The first step in making any type of progress is to realize that the task is too big to conquer alone. Yes, it's going to take all of us. Let's pull up our sleeves and take them on together.
James Boyce
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