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Teenagers are looking for identity. As we search for belonging, teenagers are looking for their identity. They are making the physical and emotional transition to independence and they are constantly looking for the thing that will define their lives. They are asking 1 in order to understand their personhood, eager for the identity that will give them meaning. they want to look to romance. School, friends, popularity, money, technology, or their bodies for that meaning.
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Teenagers want to belong. We want acceptance, which is what we so often search for online. We fear missing out. because we never want to be the one who doesn’t fit in. Teenagers also want to be known truly and loved deeply. 2
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Teenagers can think. Some people may have the stereotype(成见)that teenagers are strictly shallow thinkers. 3 That means the teens in your Sunday school class or youth group can understand much more than just listening to simple stories.
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4 The teen years are a time full of trouble and fear can go into almost every area of life-school work, friendships, church, family members, and, perhaps biggest of all, the future. Life feels very much unknown to teenagers. So even though they may feel confident, or promise you they have everything planned out, they are anxious about life.
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Teenagers want their lives to matter. 5 They have studied history and now they’re ready to take their place in it. They’re ready to make their mark. They want to change the world. Finally, they want their lives to matter forever. And for that to happen, they need the belief.
A.“Who am I?” |
B.Teenagers are afraid. |
C.They long to belong. |
D.Teenagers worries about their future. |
E.Sometimes our parents may also make mistakes. |
F.And one of their greatest fears is that their lives won’t matter. |
G.But teenagers can actually think about serious topics like death and philosophy. |