Trouble With Parents

[A4J]

I was curious as to how many youth leaders on here have a hard time dealing with parents. It seems the trouble that we have stems from the lack of example at home. Then the blame seems to go to the leadership for not fixing their kid. Anyone else have trouble with parents, especially those you know?

 

[Cloudz]

Only once. I won't go into specifics. It is a challenge.

 

[Ruth~]

Some parents don't set a good example and that is sad. The parents need prayers and the children then can set an example of how to be.I know it should be the opposite but in life things don't always happen right.

 

[A4J]

Some parents don't set a good example and that is sad. The parents need prayers and the children then can set an example of how to be.I know it should be the opposite but in life things don't always happen right.

I guess I'm referring more towards parents who actually attend the church. Those who don't get involved, but complain about the way things are done. My advice to them is that they should come in and be a part of the solution if they feel something needs to change. Give us some input instead of sitting back throwing rocks.

 

[christiangal522]

I work with troubled teens so most of the parents are hard to connect with and difficult to work with. I really don't know what you CAN do with the parents. I agree, I'd try to get them involved. Hold a parent forum and ask them what they want to see. At my previous church, we had a committee of parents and teens that would talk about solutions and how to make things different/better. It's hard to engage parents in something like this because of time so try to make it as "do-able" as possible (meet once a mth, maybe after a service...etc).

 

[followtheWay]

How much should we ask parents what they want to see? Sometimes I wonder about that, because are we to do what parents want, or what the Scriptures direct? In my experience, it seems that many parents seem to want things out of the church that the church wasn't designed to do. Now, perhaps they want the right things in the lives of their teens, but they think that the means of getting those things is through things that find no mandate in Scripture.

But, maybe that's not what you are addressing.