Thursday, February 24, 2011

New RKs and the social class issue

Last night I had a new little boy show up for Ranger kids. I was excited to see a new face and really hope his family continues to come. I realized though that this is going to be an interesting time because he's definitely not from a "churchy family". He started his introduction to the group with 'There was an 8 year old picking on my little brother today and I knocked the boy out and I'm only 6'. I knew I had a challenge on my hands because this is a mentality that is learned at home. My struggle is how to teach a different mentality without saying your family is wrong for thinking that way. I guess it's just one step at a time. Then after church was over, the teacher of the younger group approached me and let me know that next week she is sending his little brother up early because "He's just not going to work in my class". So now I have the double challenge of brothers with a "fight first" mentality and a boy who is too young for my class. More planning is going to be needed on my part.

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