How Do You Start A Club For Troubled Teens?
Troubled teenagers are often just kids with no direction and little support at home. Finding an interest, meeting a mentor and witnessing another way of life are great ways to stop them from getting into more trouble. But it is not as though you can just snap your fingers and have the troubled teens in your area show up in your living room, ready to join the “How to be good kids” club. You need to earn their trust and respect as well as meet them in a non-threatening manner. Follow these helpful guidelines. Go to your local Boys and Girls Club. Not only will you have a ready made population of teens to work with, you will have a space to use, other volunteers and resources at your disposal. You can ask the staffers what kind of club would be most effective and they can assist you in finding teens to join your club. They have programs for academic help, career counseling and technology already in place. Volunteer at a high school. High schools don’t get the parent support that elementar
