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[quote=Anonymous]I actually think it's good that a young leader like this told the kids this? I mean, statistically, you've got a group of 20 teens, one of them is struggling with disordered eating, and now that one has someone she could go to for help.

I had many adults in my life like this as a kid - youth group leaders, camp counselors, coaches, adults in their 20s who I felt I could trust and relate to. Those were all really positive experiences. And honestly, there's a bunch of them I could have called if I was in a tough spot and didn't want to call my parents, and that's a good thing. "It takes a village" isn't just for babies and toddlers.

In fact, Haidt talks about this in The Anxious Generation - how kids used to have more of these types of role models and their disappearance is leaving something missing.

I get the concerns about sexual abuse, as that is a risk you need to be aware of, but just talking about tough stuff and their own experiences in this way? Seems like a good thing to me. [/quote]

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