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How to Build Empowerment

Community Values Youth

Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth.

  1. Info:  Building Youth Website
  2. Info:  Helping America's Youth
  3. Idea:  Call the parent of a young person you know and tell her or him something positive the young person has done.
  4. Idea:  Contact the local media about positive stories/interactions with young people.  There is a lot of “good” that goes on out there – let others know!

Youth as Resources

Young people are given useful roles in the community.

  1. Info:  Involving Youth in a Community Partnership
  2. Activity:  4H Youth Development
  3. Activity:  Red Cross Babysitter's Training Handbook
  4. Idea:  If you are a member of an organization, create a contributing role for local youth to play to support the group's mission.
  5. Idea:   Ensure that your children have appropriate, important roles and responsibilities within your family.
  6. Idea:  Ask your child to teach you something new, such as current slang, a song or how to find information on the internet.

Service to Others

Young person serves in the community one hour or more per week.

  1. Info:  Young Children and Community Service
  2. Info:  Helping Kids To Help Out
  3. Info:  Community Service:  A Family's Guide to Getting Involved
  4. Info:  Citizenship For Children
  5. Activity:  Seeing Eye
  6. Activity:  Hold A Charitable Birthday Party For Your Child
  7. Activity:  Community Involvement: Activities To Do As A Family
  8. Idea:  Make service a priority in your family.  Start when the children are young.  Coordinate a “service event” with the children in your neighborhood.
  9. Idea:  Organize a neighborhood closet-cleaning day.  Deliver everything you collect to a shelter.

Safety

Young person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood.

  1. Info:  School Safety
  2. Info:  Dealing With Strangers and Dangerous Situations
  3. Info:  Teach Children The Rules Of The Road
  4. Info: Kids and Cars
  5. Info:  Keep Your Family Fire Safe
  6. Info:  Raising Streetwise Kids
  7. Info:  Internet Safety
  8. Info: Kids Safety on the Internet
  9. Info:  Safe Kids.com - A Guide to Internet & Technology Safety
  10. Info:  Transportation Safety Tips For Children
  11. Info:  Web Resources For Keeping Youth Safe Online
  12. Info:  Safety For Special Needs Children
  13. Info:  Lake & Ocean Safety
  14. Info:  Boat Safety With Children
  15. Info:  How to Use 911
  16. Info:  General Tips for Parents & Guardians to Keep Their Children Safer
  17. Info:  Know the Rules...For Going To and From School More Safely
  18. Info:  Know the Rules...After-School Safety Tips For Children Who Are Home Along
  19. Info:  Know the Rules...Summer Safety Tips for Parents & Guardians
  20. Info:  Safety Tips on Hiring A Babysitter
  21. Info:  Babysitting Safety Tips
  22. Info:  Child Safety in Amusement or Theme Parks
  23. Activity:  Who Is It?  A Safety Activity For Preschoolers
  24. Idea:  Develop a fire evacuation plan for your home.  Practice and run fire drills with your family.
  25. Idea:  Teach your children how to use 911.


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