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– Meda, what is the idea of the Kempfest festival for teenagers and why are you doing it? In general, when it comes to adolescent employment, do you think it is enough (activities, activities, initiatives)?
– The employment rate of adolescents varies in the same way as their personalities, so it is difficult to draw general conclusions without concrete examples.
However, as a minor, I myself thought thousands of times about the well-established attitude towards a teenager in society, outdated parenting dogmas, stereotypical forms of communication.
As I remember conversations with peers at different stages of my adolescence, I keep noticing the same problems. For example: obscuring desires, restricting self-expression, underestimating opportunities, or underestimating personality.
The consequences are sad: rebellion, helplessness, confusion, low self-esteem.
The consequences are sad: rebellion, feelings of helplessness, confusion, low self-esteem and, finally, distancing yourself from the surrounding environment on the phone screen.
It is frustrating to know how many talented young people get hurt by not having the necessary communication from adults. I see a vicious cycle in which adults place hope in us, but at the same time unconsciously limit the personal development of adolescents.
Every day at school, at work, on the street, in the immediate environment, I see people suffer destruction. Some of them blame the environment for their problems, others simply exist in anticipation of a miracle that will not happen without their efforts.
According to statistics on suicides and addictions, the consequences are negative. We need to understand that nothing changes simply with wishes and that problems only deepen. This is due to ignorance. Unfortunately, their parents cannot always adequately counsel teenagers.
In his book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki wrote, “What can a parent who constantly repeats that he is poor, constantly in debt, teach children about money?”
That is why I am creating Kempfest, a kind of “rich dad” who could share his successful experience and guide the young man towards financial, emotional and psychological harmony.
Personal file photo / Meda Navakauskaitė
– In your opinion, how important is the relationship with parents in the life of a child and adolescent? How should it be? What is it healthy the relationship between parents and children, and what is redundant? How many parents It should be in the life of adolescents, the decisions?
– I think we should not emphasize age in relationships with parents, because parents are our base. And adolescence is a very important period in which emotions get out of balance and many doubts and questions arise. One of them: who am I really?
This is a searching period when parental help and support is needed. Unfortunately, a rare adult is competent enough to counsel the offspring properly and, instead of supporting the adolescent’s inner world, often brings even greater destruction through a position of power or petty sermons and prohibitions.
No matter what relationship we are talking about: partner, friends or family, a relationship is only healthy when there is mutual respect, trust and support.
If the relationship is harmonious, there is no longer any doubt about how much parents should participate in the life or decisions of the adolescent. A teenager is the same person as an adult who is capable of making decisions and feeling what is best for him. But parents tend to overshadow children’s feelings, wishes, or opinions with their dreams, attitudes, or personal painful experiences that should not be attributed to anyone other than themselves.
– Your mother Eglė Navakauskaitė is well known in Kaunas, she carries out various activities and projects, she is the pioneer of Ebru art in Lithuania. In addition, he also named the public body in his name. Is the connection between the two strong? And how much do you think he inherited activity and activity from your mother?
– Our connection is uninterrupted, because we are connected not only by family, but also by work. I may not have inherited from my mother, but I learned a lot. The most important lesson is devotion. More determination and responsibility.
Photo by Marius Vizbaras / 15min / Egle Navakauskaitė
– You are an active girl and you started those activities when you were only nine years old. Why? What were they like?
– When I was nine years old, my mother founded the public institution Meda Project. This was fueled by a trip where I noticed the art of Ebru – painting on water. I asked my mom to let me go find and try to draw.
She was recognized by science as one of the strongest art therapies and, with her help, her mother cured an oncological disease and began applying it to other people.
Thus began the activities of the institution and the first classes in my elementary school. Every Friday I would rush to the art cabinet, the other days to various events, and on weekends I would help out at the most important festivals and festivals in Lithuania.
My professional experience started from the first Ebru sessions, I was an art teacher in Ebru. At the time, it seemed perfectly normal to me to teach people, regardless of my background or my young age. I always felt the equivalent, but a few years later, looking at the next nine years, I remember being surprised: after all, they are all children! I was no exception, but it seems that my self-confidence and early inner maturity allowed adults to accept me as I felt on the inside, on equal terms.
It sounds like a psychological trauma, but it is far from it.
For whatever reason, I spent a lot of time alone as a child, and adults were far more likely companions than their peers. It sounds like a psychological trauma, but it is far from it.
I think it has made me creative, original, self-sufficient and responsible. But more importantly, I understood the golden rule: either myself or no one else will do it for me.
My mother’s constant example encouraged me to act. So step by step I began to move towards my dream for tomorrow, towards a life based on ideas, freedom and intuition.
At the age of thirteen, in addition to my existing activities, I began to organize and direct day camps for children, and at fifteen I became fully involved in all the activities of the institution; I started advising local and international volunteers.
When I was sixteen years old, I decided to lead outsourced private events on my own, organized several workshops for families, and later, on my own initiative, gave art lessons for beginners.
Photo by Ebru Art Studio / Arte Ebru
– What does volunteering bring you personally?
– Everything: skills, practice, acquaintances, opportunities, a means to realize yourself and your ideas. Since my volunteering began in an institution that I will take on in the future, and that I would never consider the idea of working for someone else, the word “volunteering” means a way of life to me.
So far, I have ideas for the next two years and activities for life. I want to focus on young people and further develop Kempfest, organize youth exchanges and create a new platform for teenagers.
- The Kempfest summer youth camp-festival, which starts on August 17, is dedicated to young people aged 13-18. for teenagers.
- It is a five-day journey of self-realization, distinguished by a non-standard format and a program that is integrated to achieve the goal set: the discovery of personality and vocation.
- Participants are greeted by 10 speakers and 3 different zones with more than 50 different activities, from yoga to disco.
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