book 5:releasing the powers of junior youth
The age of 11 to 14 takes on special significance. This is the time when fundamental concepts about individual and collective life are formulated in the mind of an adolescent struggling to leave behind the habits of childhood.
Youth between the ages of 11 to 14 have much to say, and whoever treats them as children misses the opportunity to help them form a proper identity. The three units that make up Book 5 focus on some of the concepts, skills, qualities, and attitudes that experience has shown are required by youth 15 and older wishing to implement a program for the spiritual empowerment of junior youth.