SUGGESTIONS FOR BUILDING ASSETS

Asset # 7- Community Values Youth
(Young people know they are valued by the adults in their community.)

To Build Asset #7 Parents and Extended Family Can . . .

* Attend school and community functions, sports activities, concerts, etc. in which your kids are involved.

* Lead a youth program or group that gets involved in issues of the day.

* Support community efforts that address the needs of youth. Example: building a skateboard park.

* Hire neighborhood kids to do chores such as gardening, lawn work, shoveling snow, or painting. Do projects with the kids to get to know them better.

* Encourage your newspaper, radio, or TV station to recognize youth for the contributions they make to the community. Go beyond sports and academic excellence.

* Attend city council meetings to make sure the needs and opinions of young people are heard. Invite young people to go with you. Keep youth issues in the spotlight with decision-makers.

* Write thank-you notes to youth groups who have made some contribution.

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20% 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