SUGGESTIONS FOR BUILDING ASSETS

Asset # 10- Safety
  (Young people feel safe in their home, school and neighborhood.)

To Build Asset # 10 Parents and Extended Family Can . . .

* Be an "ask-able parent," so your children learn they can tell you about things that concern them, especially issues of personal safety.

* Keep an atmosphere of respect, friendliness, encouragement, concern, and caring in the home.

* Have clear expectations for safe behavior (and consequences if they are not safe). Adjust expectations as children get older and show trustworthiness.

* Make sure your kids understand the connection between rules, their safety, and your love

* Practice with your children what needs to be done in an emergency.

* Be home with your children as much as you can. When not with your children, have regular check-ins and curfew.

* Let your children know who they can go to in the neighborhood for help.

* Make sure children wear a seatbelt when in a car and a helmet when they are riding on a bicycle, ATV or four-wheeler, and a life jacket when in a boat.

* Speak to the administration when you notice safety problems at the school.

* If you own a gun, keep it under lock and store the ammunition in a separate place.

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55% of youth surveyed by Search Institute have this asset in their lives.*

*Based on Search Institute surveys of almost 100,000 6th to 12th grade youth throughout the United States