You may not realize it, but you have the power to make or break a youth’s world. How you react to a youth’s accomplishments means the world to your students.
Whether we invite it or not, our word carries great weight in their lives, and our responsibility is to use it with love.
I think, as we rush through the day and all the things that we have to do in it, that we often forget to look for the things that our students are doing right. We spend inordinate amounts of time preaching about, counseling to, and dealing with the things that they do wrong, but somehow don’t find the same time to talk about the things they are doing right.
All of our students need this approval, this reinforcement. Many times they aren’t getting it at home, or at school, and they may start playing to the lowest common denominator. They don’t need that, we don’t need that, and the world doesn’t need that. Believe me, if you are told that you are stupid all the time you will start to believe it.
We have to counteract this tendency with truth and love. Look for ways that you can give your approval to each of your students. I think you’ll be amazed at how they’ll react.
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders Today,
Matt
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