In this episode, Roy distinguishes what teens want from what they most deeply want. He suggests that our most important task as caring adults is to help them grow in awareness and then achieve what they most deeply want.
One thing that teens deeply want is attention from and the mindful presence of the adults in their lives. Roy shares his own experiences of feeling invisible and unnoticed as a teen and how that has informed his awareness of the dynamics of positive and negative attention in a teen’s relationship with the adults in their lives.
Roy offers three methods that can help adults be more aware, attentive, and present to the teens in their lives, with a focus on the importance of careful listening to ministering to and loving young people.
