What Can "Caring Parents" Do?
- Establish and maintain good communication with your child.
- Get involved—and stay involved—in your child's life.
- Make clear rules and enforce them with consistency and appropriate consequences.
- Reward positive behavior.
- Be a positive role model.
- Teach your child how to choose friends wisely.
- Monitor your child's activities—ask and remain interested.
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What Can Other "Caring Adults" Do?
- Get involved where you can in your community—volunteer to work directly with youth or find a way to become an advocate for youth.
- Encourage youth to succeed in school.
- Teach and model shared values.
- Teach youth respect for cultural differences.
- Reward positive youth behavior.
- Guide youth decision making.
- Report youth misbehavior.
- Assume responsibility, where appropriate, for the well-being of neighborhood children and youth.
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