Today, December 5, is International Volunteer Day. What would the world be if the great network of volunteer jobs that exist in all areas. As amazing as it may seem, there are all kinds of volunteers. The vast majority of people when you ask them about volunteering come to mind animal protection, the red cross, doctors without borders. But nothing is further from the truth, any person of any age, specialized or not in a job can help as a volunteer.
Your children are in their teens and they may find themselves forging their personalities right now, they are looking for what they can feel useful in, and you, don't know how to help your teenagers to volunteer? Well, here we leave you some small tips of support.
Why volunteer and help my children to be?
Perhaps you have ever helped an elderly person with the purchase on the street, or someone who has been lost and needs you to tell them how to get to a specific place. Do you remember the satisfaction you feel at that moment? Well, that's what volunteering is based on, in giving and receiving that satisfaction by helping. In volunteering you meet people, on many occasions they even share the same hobbies. While you help others, which is already rewarding, your professional resume and that of your children can improve.
Here are eleven reasons why you can help your children volunteer:
Learn while enjoying
No matter what achievements you make, you will have new and probably unusual situations. This will give them a new perception of life and new knowledge that will serve them in their adolescence and later in their maturity stage. You can practice activities that you have never done before, this is a great opportunity to learn a topic that was probably volunteering or would not have considered it.
Opportunity to choose which higher education you want to do
Adolescence is the stage in which people are most indecisive. Therefore, volunteering is an opportunity to get in touch and experience what area they do best, where they feel best. It is a way of making you see how the job market is.
Improve your resume
Probably your son / daughter still has not considered his future work, but for companies the fact that you participate in a volunteer service they see it as something positive. In fact, looking for candidates who are involved in social projects. Because volunteers end up having more resources in the face of unexpected events. Your children can be proactive and more determined. This increases personal and professional development.
If your children are used to volunteers since adolescence, it may be easier for them to find and adapt to a job tomorrow.
They put their ideas into practice
Volunteering will allow you to open the parachute of your mind to seek alternatives to the situations that already exist. This last fact, in addition to helping your child as a person, also facilitates and lowers the services and costs of NGOs.
Expand the circle of contacts
You may end up meeting other people with the same hobbies. It is an opportunity to open your social circle by having contact with such a variety of people. This will personally enrich your children. And probably tomorrow by expanding this circle will have more job opportunities.
It will improve your charisma
Your charisma will increase considerably, which is also very important to live well in society. Not to mention that working for a non-profit makes you a better person in every way.
It will stay away from the sofa, tablet and smartphones
Anyone who engages in this type of occupation becomes a more active person and will never be bored as the activities are endless. Goodbye to empty social networks that are based on aesthetics and looks, goodbye to video games that don't stimulate your creativity.
They will grow as a person
Personal development is another priceless gain from volunteer work. By helping those in need, you will open your eyes to a different reality than what you are used to. Therefore, you will begin to see the world in a different way. The maturity that your children will acquire is one of the natural results of volunteer work.
There is a wide variety of volunteers, helping the homeless, soup kitchens, literacy for the elderly, study support for young children at risk of exclusion, support for victims of gender violence, show for hospitalized children, animal protectors ...)
A few days ago it came to me by Instagram this account of volunteers by and for teens. It seemed like a wonderful idea. Volunteering is an exchange: neither party is the same. And that makes it amazing!