For well-over 40 years, Randy Russell, has been mentoring young, college-age youth into soulful adulthood. As a guest on The Woodbury Report radio show, which is hosted on K4HD.com, he spoke to Lon Woodbury about the transitional program he founded to help young people find their way in the world.
As an independent educational consultant, Lon has worked with both families and troubled youth for three decades. Today, he is the author of a number of books on parenting teens, as well as the founder of Struggling Teens and the Woodbury Reports.
Guest Profile
It was in 1974 that Randy first started working with young people. In those early days, he ran a mentoring program for young people in college. He acquired his master's degree in Recreation & Leisure from the University of Tennessee, located in Knoxville. His teaching consists of passing along the wisdom of parents and mentors and elders who helped him when he was growing up. His Native American background has given him a deep appreciation for the ways of nature.
Modern Challenges to a Transition to Adulthood
When a young adult had matured in moral and physical ways and could take care of himself or herself as well as raise a family, they had transitioned to adulthood, said Randy.
Selecting a life purpose, accepting their own unique personal traits and habits, and becoming self-aware and possessing deep self-self knowledge, said Randy, were all signs of reaching a soulful adulthood. This spiritual element was a deeper transition.
A mentorship support system was something parents could do to help their children transition to adulthood. This chosen circle could be close relatives, like uncles and aunts. Older people were able to show teenagers how to take care of themselves, solve problems, and connect with the spirit of mother nature.
Young people needed to discover the notes of their own song. Both mentors and elders helped facilitate this.
There comes a moment when parents had to let their children be mentored by other adults. Young people were used to tuning out their parents, but were receptive to learning from wise adults. Children learned to tune out their parents when they went to school, and this helped them listen to what their teachers had to say.
A young person's transition helps them discover their unique gifts and talents as a way to understand their passions.
A Rite of Passage was a way for a young person to discover their unique abilities in life. This experience had to be orchestrated by parents and mentors working in collaboration.
As an independent educational consultant, Lon has worked with both families and troubled youth for three decades. Today, he is the author of a number of books on parenting teens, as well as the founder of Struggling Teens and the Woodbury Reports.
Guest Profile
It was in 1974 that Randy first started working with young people. In those early days, he ran a mentoring program for young people in college. He acquired his master's degree in Recreation & Leisure from the University of Tennessee, located in Knoxville. His teaching consists of passing along the wisdom of parents and mentors and elders who helped him when he was growing up. His Native American background has given him a deep appreciation for the ways of nature.
Modern Challenges to a Transition to Adulthood
When a young adult had matured in moral and physical ways and could take care of himself or herself as well as raise a family, they had transitioned to adulthood, said Randy.
Selecting a life purpose, accepting their own unique personal traits and habits, and becoming self-aware and possessing deep self-self knowledge, said Randy, were all signs of reaching a soulful adulthood. This spiritual element was a deeper transition.
A mentorship support system was something parents could do to help their children transition to adulthood. This chosen circle could be close relatives, like uncles and aunts. Older people were able to show teenagers how to take care of themselves, solve problems, and connect with the spirit of mother nature.
Young people needed to discover the notes of their own song. Both mentors and elders helped facilitate this.
There comes a moment when parents had to let their children be mentored by other adults. Young people were used to tuning out their parents, but were receptive to learning from wise adults. Children learned to tune out their parents when they went to school, and this helped them listen to what their teachers had to say.
A young person's transition helps them discover their unique gifts and talents as a way to understand their passions.
A Rite of Passage was a way for a young person to discover their unique abilities in life. This experience had to be orchestrated by parents and mentors working in collaboration.
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Discover more about the problems faced by Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury records the entire interview on his Woodbury Reports radio show show for people to listen to at any time.
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