Children First

[pegkerr]

I had mentioned in an earlier post the Search Institute's research on 40 assets which help children thrive. In comments, some wondered what, if anything, we adults can do to help. I wanted to point to the website Children First, which is the response developed by the city of St. Louis Park (where the Search Institue is located) and how they try to implement the 40 assets in their community. See, e.g., the response by business, the city, education, faith communities, and health care providers. I am impressed by the Search Institute not only because of their mission, but because they have decades' worth of empirical data which demonstrates that their approach works. One tangible result: St. Louis Park has been named one of the 100 best places in the country for young people to live.

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[daedala.livejournal.com]

The scary thing about those links is checking off the assets I had. Or didn't. I could be a raving psycho by that measure....