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| Boys’ sporting day in Hyderabad |
23 November 2016 — Discussion of the Fourth Theme of the course:
Youth Spirituality as a Holistic Journey of Faith: Psychological Approach
English-speaking group:
Deli Kapani, Prakash Vijaya Maramreddy, Roshan Miranda, John Peter Savarimuthu
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| L-R: Roshan, Deli, Prakash & John Peter |
Questions for young people
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| Salesian students from Nagaland |
How do the youngsters respond to the transitional changes that take place in their life from childhood to adulthood: physically, psychologically and spiritually? By way of illustration, we listed a number of situations and challenges.
- Young people leave childhood and take on new roles and responsibilities.
- It is a period of social, psychological, spiritual, and biological transitions.
- For many young people, growing up involves demanding emotional challenges and important choices.
- To a large degree, the nature and quality of young people’s future lives depend on how successfully they negotiate through this critical period.
- The challenges for young people making the transition to adulthood are greater today than ever before due to globalization through internet and new technology.
- This globalization brings new lifestyles that can cause conflict with the traditional norms and values.
- Adolescents face complex identity crises and moral conflicts today. They like to experiment everything.
- Young people seek lives of independence from the family. Many youth get into problems of premarital sex.
- They identify themselves with the peer groups and rebel against their parents and elders.
- Many children are pampered by their parents and are not able to cope up with the hard realities of life.
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| Parents & children in Tonj Village (South Sudan) |
Some discussion questions for parents:
Are the parents of today’s youth confident enough that their children are growing up physically, psychologically and spiritually? If so how?
- Many parents today are not confident with their children and their future because they failed in their parental duties.
- They provide financial security to their children without spending quality time with them.
- Parents insist the children to find their own way and return home after the college.
- Often young people spend very little time with their parents at home.
- Parents do not give proper sex education to their children.
- Parents should listen to their children and talk to them.
- Parents should teach children sensible online behaviour and precautions.
- Monitoring or restricting children’s internet use is important.
- Due importance must be given to the early education at home.
- Parents should decide what is good and bad; they need to be able to say ‘NO’ to their children.
- Children should be always under the supervision of the parents and not the guardians.
Summary by Prakash
Photos by Prakash, Deli, John Peter & Joe
