Wednesday 30 May 2007
Allow them to fall!!!!!!!!
When we are working with young people do we give them enough opportunities to actually do things, or do we have the attitude that they won't probably do it right, or as well as we would, so we are better of doing it ourselves. Or do we give them enough opportunities to do things, and if they fail, they fail, but we can always give them another chance.
I was thinking about this recently when I came across a number of cdecisions that had een made in places, and wondered if we were actually giving our young epople the poeple we work with enough chances to do things. Do we belive in them, and do we believe in the things they could do, even if they et it wrong the first time.
Surely one of our rolls and responsibilities is to give oung people the chance they need to improve, to show their abilities and tallents, and to be able to grow.
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Youth work should not set out with the intention of lettting young people fail but is at its very best when it provides an environment in which young people have the opportunity to pursue their issues and interests with the support of workers who can help them through the experience of when things do not go according to plan. We all experience failure in our lives. Youth Work can help young people by teaching them how to deal with the outcomes of failure in positive and constructive ways.
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