Busy is Good

What’s the secret to keeping teens out of trouble? Short answer – keep them busy. Let teenagers pursue their interests, as many as they want, and as many as you can afford. Of course those interests should be safe, healthy, and edifying but other than that, give them free reign to explore. Yes, those pursuits can be expensive, but so can the alternative. And yes, they’ll chase many dead ends before they find their sweet spot. The secret is to keep them so busy with good activities and surrounded by positive peers that they don’t have the time, or the interest, in the bad stuff.