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I’m a student of psychology and I work as a volunteer with kids between 7 and 11 years of age in my neighborhood Boy Scout group. As a volunteer in an educational movement, my goals are helping the youth to develop their principles and helping to make them leaders.
We volunteers in the Boy Scout movement work in activities which can develop all areas of the human being—intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual, and social. Some of the activities that we do with kids are games, tricks, and other activities that can develop all the areas mentioned before. For example, in a simple game of football (soccer), kids work many areas—physical, emotional, and social. Those tricks help in a significant way to develop the youth.
The children also join in activities to help develop and improve the community such as visiting nursing homes, cleaning up forests and lakes, and learning how to recycle paper and plastics. Those activities awaken their critical senses by highlighting what problems the world faces. We also have Boy Scout camps which, I may say, can develop all the areas of the human being. Learning how to make fire, tie knots, and first aid are simply methods to develop the values that make our children true citizens.
All those activities mentioned help them develop strong values and help them integrate into the community. Why is it important to integrate the youth into their community? The youth belong to the community, but there’s a difference in belonging to it and being integrated into it. What do I mean? When the youth are integrated into their community, they show healthier development, become more sympathetic, develop team spirit, have more confidence, have stronger principles, have a deeper view of social problems that are present in society, and avoid crimes and involvement with drugs.
The youth who are integrated into their community become true citizens, useful human beings to help their society and the world.
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