research based

If you want personal changes to occur then the changes much happen while in your natural environment. Research has shown that this is true for troubled youth. If you want to help them you must work with everyone in their lives so that the change is possible. It is a community effort. If you pluck someone from their environment and put them in a new setting that person has to recreate themselves b/c their entire world has changed. That recreating will be affected by those around the person especially if they are encouraged to be a certain way. But what happens when that person goes back into their natural environment again afterwards? When it comes to youth usually they will return to their old ways b/c nothing has changed except themselves and when someone is fighting against a force 10X stronger than themselves they are bound to fail no matter what skills they have learned. Is research always right? There are always exceptions to the rule...all we can do is hope I guess. One thing that I always have to remind myself of is that when it comes to personal changes you can't do it by yourself and community is important but it begins with yourself. Don't wait for someone else to take the first step for you. That's up to you and all we can do is pray that your community is behind you.

Missing carefree holland.