Kara Powell of Fuller Theological Seminary recently suggested that “Maybe, just maybe, the need to integrate teenagers more fully is not just a church issue – it’s a culture issue.”

In a blog posting for the Harvard Business Review, Saul Kaplan wonders if the segregation experienced at the family holiday kids’ table is a dis-service to both adults as well as young people. He suggests that those with the biggest stake in the future—the kids—were not even hearing the conversations impacting the future conducted at the “adult table.”

Kaplan indicates “I’m certain we only scratched the surface of what young people can contribute to the education reform conversation that day. More broadly, think of all the areas where adults are monopolizing a conversation in which youth have the largest stake. We should recognize that young people seek purpose and want to impact their surroundings, including school but not limited to it.”  Powell wonders if we might be better about this as church – so do I. <image source>