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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm probably younger than most of you and was in YL during the current century;-) For the record:

- I did not grow up in a church 
- I did not want to drink, do drugs or be sexually active in HS
-YL gave me a group of friends with similar values and it was a great safe place to NOT have to fit in with the fast crowd. 
-my experience was positive and kept me out of trouble and never put me in a situation that I was uncomfortable in.
- The YL kids in my high school were definitely the "good kids" who were never in trouble.

I'm very grateful that YL allowed me a safe social setting to be a kid and not feel pressured to do grown up things.

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Exactly the experience I had with YL in the 80's.  I could very easily have gone down a different path, as I had started hanging out with kids who drank, smoked, and hooked up casually on the weekends.  Luckily, a friend from one of my classes invited me to YL one night and I never looked back.  The kids as a whole were so fun and welcoming and non-judgmental.  I felt I had finally found a group of people who I did not have to impress or act differently around.  I spent most of my four years of high school with this group and can honestly say it kept me sane and safe.  [/quote]

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