Teach attendants to greet new ones, and occasionally remind them to do this. So that you may encourage and help others, be sure to arrive at the meetings early and stay for a while after the program. You can associate with new ones at other times also, perhaps visiting with them in their home or yours. Such personal interest lets them see that genuine love exists among Jehovah's people. It also fills the void created when they cut off former associations and worldly entertainment.
Parents have the primary responsibility to care for the needs of their children.
However, the young ones are a part of the congregation, and elders have a responsibility toward them also and should show genuine interest in them. Many youths do not have a father or a mother in the truth, and some have no relatives in the truth. One teenager was given atten- tion by an elder. He would pick the boy up every time he was going to help with the building of the Kingdom Hall. Each day after they fin- ished their work on the hall, they would go to get some refreshments and take time to converse.