by Rich Patterson | Sep 22, 2019 | 13-14 Year Olds, 15-16 Year Olds, Adding Value, Assets for Youth, Blessing, communities, Community Activities, Connecting with kids, Families, Family & Relationships, Family love, Gratitude, Image, Influence, Kids, Kids & Adults, Parenting, Parents, Resilience, service to others, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Helping Others In this photo, you see a teenager helping an elementary student play a game or with homework. In a survey on youth by the Search Institute, it shows that kids believe that it is essential to help others and work to help them improve...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 16, 2019 | communities, Expectations, Families, Family & Relationships, service to others, Teenagers, Teens
What Kids Need: Service to Others It is a proven researched fact that kids who serve the community one hour or more a week are more resilient to the risk-related behaviors of their youth. I challenge our parents today to get their kids involved in a community service...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 14, 2019 | Adding Value, Belief, communities, Connecting with kids, Relationships, Resiliency, Teenagers, Teens, What kids need
What Kids Need: Useful Roles Do you want to add value to a young person? Give them a useful role in a community event, school event, or other such program or meeting. Give a function to a young person that would typically go to an older adult. First, you might be...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 12, 2019 | communities, Kids & Adults, recognizing kids
What Kids Need: Community Recognition When my dad was older, he told me about a time when he went to the mall and sat on a bench to rest. As people walked by this busy part of the mall, he noticed that no one, not one person looked at him. The image stuck with me,...
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