The Weekend at Young Gents

So this weekend we spent time at the open house with our supporter Dany Eason as he opened up his Young Gents Mentoring Program. We sat in a small school auditorium with young men somehwere between 10-14 years of age. At first glance these seem to be your normal everyday kids with big imaginations and motor mouths filled with “why” as the subject to every sentence. But kids never cease to amaze you with their intellect better than most teenagers and reasoning batting a thousand. We discussed many topics and entertained their ideas about life as a man and what that means to them.

Kids are a lot smarter these days. I blame technology and the media for giving our kids so many ways to learn about the world. I did use the word blame. Just as kids have access through technology to understand the worlds greatest people, places and things, they also are bombarded with so many sexual innuendos, political agendas, immoral acts and consumer mentalities that it almost seems impossible for parents and kids to enjoy such a great tool created by man. So this weekend at Young Gents made me appreciate these kids who have found a way to stay “kids” without becoming corrupted by media and technology.