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Simple things parents can do to prevent YOUTH GANG AFFILIATION
English-language video
Spanish-language video below
Parents should be aware of the types of clothing, clothing accessories and colors, tattoos and other appearance styles that might suggest that a child is involved in a Hispanic youth gang in the Southwestern United States. This video shows various gang-related clothing and accessory types. For a workshop, seminar or general presentation about youth gang culture and its dangers, contact ONG. Video by El Psao Community College, Mature Living Program, Mary Yanez
1. Have an open and loving relationship with your child. Make sure he/she can talk to you about anything without your initially getting upset or bothered. It's not just the words, but body language that suggests openness and understanding is also highly important. 2. Understand unequivocably that father's open and sustained involvement in a child's life is critical to his well-being, personal development, self-valuation 3. Set frequently reiterated expectations and clear, unchanging rules for your child. 4. Know your child's friends and their parents 5. Monitor the child's progress in school all the time -- not just at parent night or report card issuance. Be on top of homework, projects, activities 6. Ensure the use of appropriate clothing and accessories for public activities, school and outings 7. Know what your child is watching on TV and Internet and listening to on radio, IPOD, streaming media 8. Observe curfew regulations 9. Know where your child is at all times 10. Teach your child to respect all people and to be polite and circumspect in public 11. Make your home a place where your child is comfortable and wants to be
Providing material things for our children is just the start of being a good parent. Children are not mind readers and they need to be told and showed that they are loved, they are important to you, and that you will always be there for them physically, emotionally and spiritually. Our kids, like us, are a composite Body, Mind and Soul. All these areas must be tended to well in order for a child to grow up to be productive.
Children are a lot like plants and flowers. To keep the flower alive, attractive and flourishing, the responsible adults in her sphere must provide nurturance, nourishment. These all require time and deliberate effort.
Raising good kids is no accident.
Furthermore, we can't reasonably expect "hit and miss" success. The goal should always be success. Your child is only a child once.
" El Paso Times YouTube Channel video: New Mexico teenager talks to El Paso Respect and Manners seminar about gang life regrets (EP TIMES Reporter Candi Lopez)
"The one most important thing kids need to help them survive in this world is someone who's crazy about them."
Urie Bronfenbrenner, [(1976), The Ecology of Human Development. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press] as quoted by Hillary Rodham Clinton in "It Takes A Village", 1996, Simon and Schuster.
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"My mother and father talked to us about what we owed other people from a humanitarian standpoint. ... it was a world in which we were, No. 1, to make a contribution, and, if we were judged, we would be judged by what we did for others. And it was a world in which everyone was deserving of our concern and compassion." Steve Murdock, Demographer
Operation No Gangs website contents Gang awareness, gang prevention presentations for parents,
teachers, social workers, law enforcement, general public What can parents do to prevent gang involvement? El Paso gang news Dona Ana County gang news Gang-related Tattoos Gang-related Artwork Texas parent's rights, Family Code Chapter 51 Gang News Videos Gangster's Prayer The Boys of our Town Gang Graffiti Gang Placazos Gang Art Fatherlessness and Gang Involvement Signs of Hispanic Youth Gang Involvement Profile of Youth Gang Recruit You Can Get Out Of a Gang Purpose-Driven Covenant - Rick Warren Attitude - Chuck Swindoll Internet Gangsters and the MySpace Gangster Respect is An Attitude Respect and Manners Classes Merton Prayer "I Loved You Enough" - Erma Bombeck Carta a Mis Hijos - Deseos de Una Madre "I Cannot Live My Life For You" - A Mother's Thoughts Permissive parents are a school's main problem
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