like a fire

I just read an excellent article on Starbucks and how they are trying to make it a place where teens can hang out. I admit, I hadn’t really thought about the point made in the article. There just aren’t very many places that teens are welcome anymore.

“There aren’t a lot of places teens can do this anymore — they’re being thrown out or restricted at malls and are often feared and/or scorned by adults for being loud and obnoxious in public spaces. (Adults who seem to forget that they were teens once, too.)”

So I was thinking about this and applauding Starbucks for thinking of a place that would welcome teens. Why can’t that place be the church? There are certainly some places they can be loud and do some fun things. Maybe even there are some places for them to just hang out, do some homework or just be. My only thought that accompanies that thought is that teens are so busy. They just really don’t have much time to just hang out.