{"id":318,"date":"2022-04-26T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2026-10-28T01:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:26:35","slug":"ways-youth-can-be-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Ways Youth can be Vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WAYS_YOUTH_CAN_BE_VULNERABLE.pdf\">Download Article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Want to look good, be noticed, get attention.<br \/>\u2022 Want to be heard, to have someone take the time to listen to them.<br \/>\u2022 Want to be affirmed, to be valued and their development recognized, even if it is inconsistent and sometimes looks funny.<br \/>\u2022 Have many invalidating conversations (self talk) within themselves.<br \/>\u2022 Are particularly attractive or wholesome, which has predators invent creative ways of trapping them.<br \/>\u2022 Not aware of signals that indicate they are being set up.<br \/>\u2022 Are not trained to be strong, shrewd or keep themselves safe and in control.<br \/>\u2022 Have low moments where what they are up to, no longer seems worth it and they are in a mood to give up.<br \/>\u2022 Want to be independent of parents and rules, desire to be self expressed.<br \/>\u2022 Have a yearning for an adventure even though it may involve grave risks.<br \/>\u2022 Have the conversation within themselves that no one really cares about them.<br \/>\u2022 Believe themselves to be invincible, that they can handle anything that happens.<br \/>\u2022 Hang out in public places (malls, video arcades, non-alcoholic bars, roller rinks, schools, colleges, church gatherings, state fairs etc) where predators lie in wait.<br \/>\u2022 Carry within them secrets so they have their attention on how they are keeping the secrets rather than on what this person, who is a stranger is up to!<br \/>\u2022 Don\u2019t set limits or they allow others to cross their boundaries.<br \/>\u2022 Carry within them unaddressed trauma which is affecting them but not necessarily noticed by them. This woundedness is obvious to a sharp eyes of predators.<br \/>\u2022 Have no strong male figure in their lives who is affirming them and valuing them.<br \/>\u2022 Are socialized to be nice to strangers, to talk to them, to not hurt their feelings, to listen for their needs and to meet those needs, a need to be helpful, serving.<br \/>\u2022 Are inexperienced with life and therefore susceptible to those who notice that and come along with bigger visions, better answers, and \u201cauthoritative\u201d common sense.<br \/>\u2022 Live with an underlying sense in their lives: \u201cI am stupid\u201d or \u201cI am bad\u201d or \u201cI am not worth anything\u201d etc. Once discovered the predator will use this against them.<br \/>\u2022 Believe they must serve others when asked and must talk to others when talked to.<br \/>\u2022 Associate love with touch, affection, with sex, fun-loving with safety.<br \/>\u2022 Feeling rejected in some way now has them secretly hunger for acceptance.<br \/>\u2022 Do not check out risky situations and make sure accountability is in place.<br \/>\u2022 Na\u00efve about life, evil, human nature. Trusts people without checking them out.<br \/>\u2022 Influenced by chemicals, so defenses are not properly working.<br \/>\u2022 Away from home, food, shelter, people who care. Immediate physical needs will set them up for risky behavior they wouldn\u2019t try otherwise.<br \/>\u2022 Bitter about broken promises made by parents and others. Open to be\u2019 influenced.<br \/>\u2022 Open to hear promises of wealth, glamour, easy living, without being realistic.<br \/>\u2022 Not aware of mind control techniques. Let themselves be affected by strangers.<br \/>\u2022 Willing to trust anyone who appears to be friendly.<br \/>\u2022 Do not have the courage or ammunition to keep out of compromising situations.<br \/>\u2022 Don\u2019t recognize that being charmed, made to feel good can lead to being entrapped.<br \/>\u2022 Do not listen and pay attention to their intuition or gut feelings within them. Disregard warning signs. Don\u2019t value their alarm systems. GUT God\u2019s Unspoken Thought.<br \/>\u2022 Natural adolescent tendency to experiment can be used against them.<br \/>\u2022 No set limits about chemicals or sexual activity, hard to say \u201cNo\u201d to someone.<br \/>\u2022 Family dysfunction undercuts sense of stability and confidence, so is open to others.<br \/>\u2022 Use of chemicals or willing to try chemicals set them up to be controlled by drug dealer or pimping person.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Contact Info:\nWebsites:\t<a href=\"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.org\">https:\/\/adultssavingkids.org<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/parentsarise.org\">https:\/\/parentsarise.org<\/a>\nPhone:\t\tOffice:\t612-869-5450\n                Cell:\t612-708-1875 \nEmail:\t\t<a href=\"mailto:info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com\">info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com<\/a>\nAddress:\tAdults Saving Kids\n\t\t6501 Woodlake Drive, #814\n\t\tRichfield, MN  55423<\/strong>\n<\/pre>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bible References:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>II Samuel 13:1-15<\/li>\n<li>II Timothy 3:6-7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Want to look good, be noticed, get attention.\u2022 Want to be heard, to have someone take the time to listen to them.\u2022 Want to be affirmed, to be valued and their development recognized, even if it is inconsistent and sometimes looks funny.\u2022 Have many invalidating conversations (self talk) within them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empowering-our-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adultssavingkids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}