My Experience: Sarah Newton – Your Gen-Y Guide is here to demystify the world of the next generation. Through her coaching and consulting she helps parents, schools and companies connect, engage and motivate young people for lasting results. http://www.genyguide.com.
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This was the question I asked Brother Marcus on one of my Radio Shows. While this show was a little escape from the norm, being quite evangelistic in his approach, Brother Marcus shared some very useful insights.

1. Find some common ground – it is no good approaching this child from your own point of view, you need to approach them from a place that they can communicate from, something that they understand, be it music, popular culture, TV, whatever it is, find some common ground.

2. Love them more than they hate themselves. – I have to say this is one of the most profound things I have heard for such a long time. For me it is seeing beyond what is in front of you and seeing what lies beneath; seeing possibilities, not problems.

3. See their faults and ask what they need – very profound advice indeed. What is it really that this young person in front of you needs?

4. Be honest open and relax; young people can see straight through you.

5. Misuse of gifts – this is something I love and what I held true in the police when working with young offenders. Each of us is born with a special gift and it is how we use it that is important. Quiet often, criminality is a misuse of a gift. A drug dealer may be doing something immoral, however you have to admire their business sense. When a young person can embrace this as a gift, then you can really begin to make some headway.