For well-over 40 years, Randy Russell, has been mentoring young, college-age youth into soulful adulthood. As a guest on The Woodbury Report radio show, which is hosted on K4HD.com, he spoke to Lon Woodbury about the transitional program he founded to help young people find their way in the world.
Lon Woodbury, an Independent Educational Consultant, has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is the founder of Struggling Teens, Inc. and the publisher of Woodbury Reports. In addition, he is a prolific author, with many published books on parenting themes.
About Randy Russell
Randy Russell has been helping young people since 1974, when he started a mentoring program for college students. He earned his Master's degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in Recreation & Leisure. When he was growing up, he was trained and initiated into adulthood by wise parents, mentors and "Elders".He has spent a life-time exploring the benefits of Deep Nature Connection and his Native American roots.
The Modern Difficulties in the Transition to Adulthood
What is adulthood? Randy defined it as a time when a young person became fully responsible for his or her own life. This responsibility included moral and physical maturity, as well as self-care and looking after a family.
Selecting a life purpose, accepting their own unique personal traits and habits, and becoming self-aware and possessing deep self-self knowledge, said Randy, were all signs of reaching a soulful adulthood. This spiritual element was a deeper transition.
Parents can help young people transition to adulthood by creating a mentorship support system. These mentors can be uncles and aunts. An older person can train teenagers on problem solving and self care, as well as how to connect with nature.
Mentors and elders help young people discover their own unique gifts and understand their own song.
At this point, parents have to step aside to let the elders mentor the children. A teenager will hear these mentors and not tune them out. They will listen to wise, mature adults. Teenagers habitually tune out their parents to hear better, and they have been tuning out parents since they started school so that they could listen to their teachers.
The way young people could find their passion, discover their talents, and unearth their gifts was by transitioning to adulthood.
It was always best to find mentors who could relate to a young person's innate interests and abilities. Parents could play a role, too. Guided by parents and other elders, a rite of passage could be designed for a young person.
Lon Woodbury, an Independent Educational Consultant, has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. He is the founder of Struggling Teens, Inc. and the publisher of Woodbury Reports. In addition, he is a prolific author, with many published books on parenting themes.
About Randy Russell
Randy Russell has been helping young people since 1974, when he started a mentoring program for college students. He earned his Master's degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in Recreation & Leisure. When he was growing up, he was trained and initiated into adulthood by wise parents, mentors and "Elders".He has spent a life-time exploring the benefits of Deep Nature Connection and his Native American roots.
The Modern Difficulties in the Transition to Adulthood
What is adulthood? Randy defined it as a time when a young person became fully responsible for his or her own life. This responsibility included moral and physical maturity, as well as self-care and looking after a family.
Selecting a life purpose, accepting their own unique personal traits and habits, and becoming self-aware and possessing deep self-self knowledge, said Randy, were all signs of reaching a soulful adulthood. This spiritual element was a deeper transition.
Parents can help young people transition to adulthood by creating a mentorship support system. These mentors can be uncles and aunts. An older person can train teenagers on problem solving and self care, as well as how to connect with nature.
Mentors and elders help young people discover their own unique gifts and understand their own song.
At this point, parents have to step aside to let the elders mentor the children. A teenager will hear these mentors and not tune them out. They will listen to wise, mature adults. Teenagers habitually tune out their parents to hear better, and they have been tuning out parents since they started school so that they could listen to their teachers.
The way young people could find their passion, discover their talents, and unearth their gifts was by transitioning to adulthood.
It was always best to find mentors who could relate to a young person's innate interests and abilities. Parents could play a role, too. Guided by parents and other elders, a rite of passage could be designed for a young person.
About the Author:
Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly Woodbury Reports radio show for people to at their convenience.
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