Back to the topic at hand....I've come to the opinion that there is a strong connection between successful college preparation and later activity in the church.
Those that have their crap together at 18 are much more likely to remain active in the church.
They tend to come from stronger more educated and active families.
Thus failure to prepare for life as a teenager is often a symptom of other problems in a family. There are of course exceptions.
I think the YM programs in general ought to do more to help with college prep (YW program too). But even though I recognize this and try to act on it, there's only so much I can do. I can't be monitoring their homework. And by the time they get to me their habits and patterns in school are already established.
When I was a scoutmaster, of all the boys in my troop, only one had a father who was a college graduate.
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