Last meeting was great! We took a break for Thanksgiving week, but the meeting before was extra special. For Thanksgiving, Teen Watch members brought delicious dishes and made “thankful” hats featuring their own drawings, phrases, quotes or comments of what they are thankful for and festive fall leaves. Throughout the evening the teens inspired each other to consider what was important to them and why. Listening to each other talk about the importance of family and friends, or the importance of their religion or education brought forth quite a few topics of discussion. Watching the members interact, Teen Watch will be hosting a “Rap Session” offering time for the teens to vent frustrations, talk about what they need from Teen Watch to develop their lives and the kinds of speakers they would like to hear from for inspiration.
Coming back after our break Teen Watch is having its first Rap Session, offering the members to speak out about their concerns, issues, and needs and wants they would like to be addressed in future meetings. Teen Watch wants our teens to discuss future goals and plans they may have, how they intend to reach these goals and what help they would like to reach their goal and continue achieving more goals. We would also like to hear of concerns from the teens, as many of our teens know; there have been quite a few serious issues in the community with violence targeted at our youth. Teen Watch wants to speak about the feelings our teens are having concerning these issues, and how it has made you change your behavior. Of course we would like the teens to be off the cuff in this conversation and talk about what they feel and see that is affecting their lives whether it is positive or negative. After this session we hope to cater future meetings to these issues and needs our teens talk about.
