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Youth Culture Lesson Finding Teachable Moments in Culture From YouthWorker Journal and youthworker

Youth Culture Lesson Finding Teachable Moments in Culture From YouthWorker Journal and www.youthworker.com. Risky Business Why Some Teens Take Chances. By Paul Asay Posted: July 10, 2009. What Happened:. “Teens act like they’ll live forever.”

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Youth Culture Lesson Finding Teachable Moments in Culture From YouthWorker Journal and youthworker

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  1. Youth Culture LessonFinding Teachable Moments in CultureFrom YouthWorker Journal and www.youthworker.com Risky Business Why Some Teens Take Chances By Paul Asay Posted: July 10, 2009

  2. What Happened: “Teens act like they’ll live forever.” That’s what some adults say when they see teens drive too fast, play too hard or (ahem) take unnecessary chances.

  3. What Happened: Some teens do strange, risky things for the opposite reason: They believe the clock is ticking, and they only have a few short years left.

  4. What Happened: According to new research,*about 15 percent of teens believe they have only a 50-50 chance of reaching age 35. Some – about 1.4 percent of all teens polled – said there was virtually no chance they’d live to see their mid-30s. *Published in the July issue of Pediatrics

  5. What Happened: Experts say this sort of pessimism can turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Studying these same teens during the next seven years, scientists found they were more likely to: • Contract AIDS • Get in serious, injury-inducing fights • Attempt suicide

  6. Talk About It: Taking risks can be fun and even rewarding, but it can also be dangerous. What’s the riskiest thing you’ve ever done? Were you happy you did it?

  7. Talk About It: • Why do you think you took that risk? • Is it because you’d thought it’d be fun? • Were all your friends were doing it?

  8. Talk About It: • Do you know people who take risks because they don’t have very long to live? • Why do you think they feel that way?

  9. What the Bible Says: “This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd And the upright shall rule over them in the morning.” Psalm 49:13

  10. “The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.” Proverbs 22:3 “Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.” Proverbs 26:11 What the Bible Says:

  11. What theBible Says: “My times are in your hand.” Psalm 31:15

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