SUGGESTIONS FOR BUILDING ASSETS

Asset # 12- School Boundaries

(Schools set clear rules and provide consequences for breaking them)

To Build Asset # 12 Parents and Extended Family Can . . .

* Talk with children about the student handbook. Support the school if the child breaks his or her contract to follow the rules.

* Get involved in the setting of school rules and policies.

* Talk to kids daily about their school day. If behavior issues come up, discuss it with them to understand it better.

* Help your children to understand how behavior and school rules tie into their job of learning.  

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46% 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