Whats with all the lap sitting games? These are youth groups not frat parties. I just don't see how that's good for anyone, might as well play spin the bottle afterwards and call it a night.

I agree, lap sitting is not cool. Plus it makes the students uncomfortable

GAMES

Its all about having fun boys. loosen up will ya.

hey chillax- kids love this game. its only lap sitting.

I think it's a little different for boys than girls, notice both the negative comments came from guys.

i have to agree... lap sitting isnt exactly chaste behaviour

they may as well do a lap dance while at it. not cool

Totally not cool!! if this game is for a youth group, then it is really bad. I know the boys in my group would not like this game at all. They dont even like to touch the girls at all... HORRIBLE GAME!!!

I don't remember seeing anywhere that they are playing the game NAKED. If your kids are too sex crazed to be able to sit on each other's lap without equating it to spin the bottle or lap dancing then maybe you need to skip the game and talk about that issue. Seriously, I've seen a lot of comments on this site so far that suggest that the slightest bit of touching is equal to your kids having sex. I think people might need to lighten up a little.

Matthew 16:23

For us, the issue with lap-sitting is not because it is wrong but because we have a lot of kids in our youth who would consider themselves 'going out'. We do our best to discourage them from public displays of affection (like sitting on each others lap) at youth, so a game like this is kind of contradicting what we are trying to monitor.

if i may.
i try to remember this passage whenever something potentially controversial like this comes up. Romans 14:15-20. It talks about abstaining from something (in this case certain meat) if it might offend or cause your brother/sister to have an issue.

yeah by sitting on each others laps they're not 'having sex' but surely we should be doing all we can to help young people keep their concious' clean?

I can understand that this game as it is written could cause some issues, but i understand that we shouldnt be so worried all the time. I think that the game could be funny if you play it but guys need to sit on guys and girls need to sit on girls. Then it brings another fun competing element to the game as well.

This game is ridiculous. You should very worried.

Just name one teenage boy who is without a hint of sexual immorality. There are none. And if you claim so - then clearly you don't know what you're talking about. Probably besides the fact that you have sexual sin in your life that you don't even see as sin.

And even if there were such a teenage boy in western society, why would you want to subject them to temptation? Unless he is attracted to the same sex, you can't possibly argue that an attractive girl sitting on their lap will not cause any problems.

This is Youth Group, not sex group.

When in doubt...don't! Youth/teens have enough distractions in the world without youth ministry adding to it. Why do we have the need to sit on someone? Same sex or opposite sex...both have their potential issues...why give an opportunity for satan to get his toe in anyone's door...and why this is a topic of question is beyond me!!