Editors Note: This article is written by BCC Counselor Colleen Ryan as part of our series on “Helping Teens.” In this series, our counselors are unpacking how we can all care for teens who are facing different types of trouble.
“You’re not listening to me!”
“Why don’t you ever listen to me?”
“How come you don’t put down your phone and listen to me!”
Sound familiar?
We live in a culture where there’s so much noise and so many distractions that we are losing the art of listening. We are losing the art of being present and being engaged with thoughtful conversation with those that we are with.
We are attached to our phones and allow the various notifications that we receive to dominate our lives. We are losing the art of listening.
Quick and Slow
Yet, our teens desperately need to have adults who are actively listening to them and engaged in their lives. James 1:19 says, “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”
Did you catch that? “Quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”
Now if the verse HAD said, “Slow
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