How Kids Develop

The following questions were included throughout Lesson 1.

1. Because you are volunteering with youth, it is likely that you enjoy working with them. Please think of the reasons why you enjoy working with youth.
2. Many people prefer working with a particular age group. Which is your favorite age group? Why?
3. How many caring adults did you have in your life as a youth? What did they do that let you know you were cared for?
4. What can you do to create an accepting, loving environment for the youth you serve?
5. What can you do, as a youth volunteer, to build connections with the other people and organizations in kids’ lives?
6. What are some risk factors in society that you think affect the youth you work with?
7. What are some ways volunteers can offset societal risk factors?
8. What are some things in society that support the youth you work with?