Youth work & spoiled kids
You would have thought that working with kids who need a youth worker have had a bad upbringing and the like right?

Complete opposite in some of the cases I have seen. The family is poor, literally dirt poor. Can't eat or pay rent but they have plenty of cash for "Smirnoff" or "Chadony" (real names) to go out and get hammered for their 12th birthday.

Or enough money to buy two wet teabags (a dress kinda thing)or even enough money to smoke till the weekend is over.

One of the best situations, or worst, is when we had this little shit come in and give it the "you can't touch me, you're teachers you've got to do as I say as my dad pays your bills".

Cue myself and the other duty worker looking at each other with looks of viciousness.

We very politely, firmly and loudly told him that:

A. We're an indepedent youth group and since his dad doesn't go to church he doesn't pay us anything.
B. We are NOT teachers and we are allowed to pick disruptive young people up and throw them out (on their faces may I add) if they misbehave.
C. If he wants to talk to us like we're dirt then he will be treated as dirt himself, as in no service, no Wii and no support from the workers.
finally D. If he didn't stop misbehaving and throwing his food/drink/console around then we would turn a blind eye to the kids playing the wii and as it was put previously in this thread:

"See how he likes picking up his broken teeth with broken fingers".

It wasn't exactly 100% professional but you can be sure that not a single prima donna that evening gave us trouble.

**EDIT** I am actually normally a very calm person and wouldn't even consider saying this to one of our regulars, but there are limits to misbehaviour and if the parents and teachers are unwilling to disclipline the children, they shouldn't stop those who have to work with them from disclipling them.
(Helo, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 13:28, 2 replies)

Can anybody please translate the following?
You would have thought that working with kids who need a youth worker have had a bad upbringing and the like right?

Or enough money to buy two wet teabags (a dress kinda thing)or even enough money to smoke till the weekend is over.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 13:30, closed)

Have you considered that youth work...
....may not be the right job for you, taking into account the emotional abuse you are inficting. Just a suggestion?
(sexual cupcake, Tue 14 Oct 2008, 23:25, closed)