What do you think that GB should say about issues like sex, drugs, eating disorders, gangs and things like that? Do you think we should encourage GB officers to talk to about these issues or should we avoid them?
Im asking cos I wish there would have been a safe space to explore my views and balance the world I knew at GB and Church with the world I experienced at school and with my friends. But is GB the place to do this? Or would it be better to leave it for others to do?
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I think GB has to talk about these things, because if we don't then who will!!??
I think some of our leaders just need a bit more confidence to talk about "tough" issues.
why can't we talk about these things in GB? at least we can provide a safe place for disscusion and for the girls to ask questions. if we don't talk about sex, alcohol and drugs then they may never discover what the Lord tells us is right!these things are becoming more popular topics within peoples social lives and in the media and I think all leaders should be encouraging God's view on all of these.
I think if the girls bring up any of these subjects then we should be talking about them at GB.
As Sarah says they have become more common in tv programmes that the girls of senior/brigader age are watching.
I think it is better for them to have someone to talk about these issues with, rather than feeling they are the only kids ever to have come across them - we were all teenagers once and know how hard it can sometimes be.
i totally agree! the GB needs to move along as the world moves along and not be stuck in the dark ages. we need to be witnesses to the girls showing what the bible says about all these issues within their lives - showing it is relevant to them.
Yes definatly. Christians don't tend to talk about these things so if GB doesn't talk about them then where are they going to get a christian view from? They're not!I've grown up in a good christian family, I go to church every sunday and do all the things that all good christians do. sort of. I've been at a bible college this year and a group of us were asked what we thought our churches would say if asked ... and we were given heaps of questions and we all said no! (we were looking at world view and how christians respond to tuff stuff).There seem to be a few unspoken rules at churchs and youth groups. Generally if you ask a question about sex, drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, etc almsot every christian will say no!!!
I don't think we ever talked about sex, or drugs at GB actually yes we did once we were working through book that was about self esteem and stuff. I don't think the discussion lasted long. I definatly have discussed this stuff with one of my leaders outside of GB time. I think it's great that I was able to find a Christian I can trust to talk about deep stuff with. I think that leaders definatly need to know how to handle these topics or atleast know where to send the girls if they want to talk about these things. I'm 19 and now a leader at GB and I definatly wouldn't want to discuss these kinda things with any of the girls so if they asked I'd probably tell them to talk to Robyn (the leader that I talk to about almost everything). Why don't we make it a part of leadership training?
I have been in GB since I was much younger. We used to go on camps and as a group of girl's we would discuss boys, weight, booze and stuff, I was brought up in a christian home but other girls were not and I learned alot!!! - if we were doing it then...they are bound to be doing the same now.
When I was a girl the leaders were much older than us. But now the leaders seem to be much younger so I think the Girl's would not feel so uncomfortable talking to them about these things.
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