AT HOME:

AT SCHOOL:

IN THE COMMUNITY:

IN YOUR CONGREGATION:

Give your children opportunities to spend time with other adults.

Encourage your children to join adult-sponsored groups, troops, or teams.

Arrange for your children to meet with adult friends who have similar interests or hobbies.

Take family vacations with other families.

Get involved in your neighborhood and community.

Encourage your children to meet with guidance counselors at school.

Write thank you letters to adults who positively interact with your children.

Get to know your children's friends.

Have an open-door policy for students who want to talk. Be available.

Take time to ask students at least one question about themselves at every student conference.

Don't consider it wasted time when teachers spend time talking with students.

Occasionally eat lunch in the cafeteria with the students.

Be the faculty sponsor for a student club or event.

Let parents know that there are people on staff who are willing and available to talk with kids.

Work with people in your community to arrange mentoring and internship.

Build at least one sustained, caring relationship with a child or adolescent.

Teach coaches and other adult leaders how to communicate well with teens.

Create opportunities for youth and adults to work and play together.

Offer mentoring programs that math kids with caring adults. Volunteer to be a mentor

Sponsor career days so young people can spend time with adults in professions that interest them.

Pair kids with adult volunteers for community service projects.

Train adult volunteers to talk with kids who have concerns.

Sponsor a congregational mentoring program.

Plan intergenerational program and events so kids and adults can get to know each other.