Exam:”Why should I be there?....did you want someone to hold the dart board with the pictures of the managers stuck to it....Ouch ...I don't look my best, laying on the floor...I faint at the site of blood particularly mine.... or cringing in a corner whimpering... No physical heroes here...then again I am male. :-(“

Hahaha… nah because you said this:

“volunteer 'trouble team' crisis intervention and survivor of more suicide counseling calls that I can or want to count.”

My new situation requires me to be more than I am and know about stuff straight away that I just don’t. I need to know about attachment issues in teens, and my duty of care. I need a grown up that knows this stuff. I am being asked to place boundaries and control someone who has been placed with a very independent status.

I have been asked to respond to things as I would my own daughter – and as you pointed out “one size fits no one”. I want this to be successful and I am worried the things I don’t know will result in failure.

Previous unhealthy and illegal sexual experiences in teenagers and victims coping by claiming no wrong has been done leave me very confused.

Cornflower:”I'd like to see less intrusion of the State into our private lives not more.”

I’d like to see less intrusion of the State into adult private lives.

Antiseptic,
Perhaps the figures are wrong however, they were based on Neilsen figures I read for that bottom dweller dredge Jones a few years back.
What irritated me at the time was Weasel Howard was playing marginal power politics by pandering to Jones etc. even if we double it it still isn't the mean of over 18yos.(voters)
To me the media has too much power to set the agenda given their lack of regard for the public. Rather a case of the tool, tools (you chose your meaning...see I'm democratic) dominating the people instead of serving the people.
Inanimate non voting self-serving entity dictating to those who do.

Logically they weren't the average or majority of Aussies only they were the easiest to get at. Political pragmatics tell you that less than 3% in key seats will change a government.
I rarely listen to radio if I do it's music.
Nor do I read news papers as such. The Sunday paper goes through my hands in 5 minutes....I do read the comics though.
Local paper LTE maybe.
Most of the business sites I contact have music going.

What I say to canvassers is locally legendary...I've elevated(?)it to a blood sport. yep my one genuflect to my bestial origins (guilty pleasure)
I'm such a bad bad examinator.ant at times. I'll stand in the corner now...Ok, I'm back. :-)

Corn flower,and others.
I'd like to see more intrusion by ADULTS into the state!
NB age doesn't necessarily determine maturity or thought...just read some of the lesser posts on any web site. The so called 'average'.
(Usually read chip on shoulder, feelings of not they're not getting the respect they think they deserve. As Pericles put it in context an idea should stand on its own merit without pseudo super structure of group status).

Also most volunteers are greying.
The generalised problem in MO is that we all agree that more people need do something but OTHER PEOPLE. A bit like tax more should be paid to fund more things just not MINE.

You don't learn skills or wisdom on a mountain top being the family home or in a uni alone.

Nothing happens until someone does it is that you?

E.g to volunteer for crisis intervention involves one weekend training an 4 hours on roster per fortnight hardly a biggy.

the Average when I was doing it the men (late night aka suicide shift) were mid range business men/managers etc were members of service clubs i.e. rotary/lions/jaycees as well as had families and other community activities.
The day shift girls were split 50/50 with the 'boilers' over 50s and the 'chooks' ....mums (their terms). Interestingly few business women.
That was some time back.

I bet if pushed I could pick the talkers(it's someone else's job mine is to criticize or find sacrificial lambs) from the doers on OLO by their attitudes. And NO I WON'T.

Of course every one has the right to be involved or not and sadly to criticise those who try.

Shamefully I'm not the most active doer I know but that's because the devil stops me ..... ;-)

Exam:”I bet if pushed I could pick the talkers(it's someone else's job mine is to criticize or find sacrificial lambs) from the doers on OLO by their attitudes. And NO I WON'T.”

Well stink, that would have been interesting. But I like talkers, they help me a lot and if all they do is No Further Harm that has got to be appreciated.

I’m not a doer, or an active one either. I feel doers do step out of their comfort zone to do whatever it is they do.

At training they always ask why foster and you get all the ones going “always wanted to help”, “feel they could do good, save the little children”… usually long winded touch feely stuff. I’m more “yeah I like hanging out with kids and don’t want to work cheers”.

PP
IMHO you are a doer.
Talkers in this context are those who do the talk back radio thing but never foster, HPO, or anything that might take them away from their selfish interests.

There is a difference between those who talk but do and those who attack but do nothing positive.
I talk and talk at times but to my credit I also do in accordance with my ability/opportunity health etc.

Those last two quotes just illustrate why I love TPP and hate pontificator the pompous,high and mighty and judgemental.

Didn't Jesus go on about not making a show of your good deeds or something.