Some youth are natural risk takers.

Some people theorize that they need the adrenaline rush, others that it is genetic. It matters not what the cause is. Try to identify such a youth as early as possible so you are prepared when you find them riding on top of the church van, or whatever. They are not necessarily bad kids even if they drive you crazy Of course this characteristic can be combined with other traits that can make them dangerous or disruptive.

• Usually they can simply dissuaded or distracted (“Jane, no”).
• You can also satisfy their needs through
  • competition
  • a challenge (who can swim to the dock and back?”)
  • exercise (Jim, how about you run around the camp 2 -3 times?”)
  • controlled risk such as a zip line
• A discussion or lecture about danger usually is not very effective
• The parents almost always know about the condition and have been dealing with it from the youth's infancy – they don't need to be told