Growing older is especially difficult for those who work with young people (youth ministers, teachers, coaches) because every year you are introduced to an even younger version of the teenagers you knew last year. Each year you feel more out of touch, your experience of youth is far detached from any reality of the present. It happens. What never changes is that music is important to teenagers and it always will be. So knowing new music helps you understand the world of a teenager. Here’s why: Music