Tip One: Building Trusting, Caring and Sustainable Relationships

Tip One: Building Trusting, Caring and Sustainable Relationships

One of the shortcomings of our educational structure is that relationships with teachers, especially in secondary school, may be caring, but they are not easy to sustain. Yet at-risk youth need relationships that are both trusting, caring and stable.

If we are to be effective in working with at-risk youth, we need to strive to build a sense of trust. We must take the necessary time to uncover and communicate the complexity, frustrations, and positive aspects of their lives. Only after creating a strong relational base will we have a platform to be a source of enduring and cherished advice to a youth. Youth may not necessarily confer trust to an adult based on his or her role as a counselor, psychologist, or social worker.

We have to earn it by building a relationship.

Education Activism IS self-defense. Peter Liciaga (www.peterliciaga.org),  your Education Activist and Mount Laurel’s Martial Artist offering help to educators, parents and families with children ages 3 years old and older on safety and personal growth education –for the purpose of saving (and changing) lives. Peter may be reached at 856-278-5282 or on www.Skype.com at peterliciaga.

Peter Liciaga is a member of Tom Callos' The Ultimate Black Belt Test (http://www.ultimateblackbelttest.com/), an undertaking of The 100 (http://www.the100.us/), and a part of Dinoto Karate Center's master instructor staff (http://www.mountlaurelmartialarts.com/)

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