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,50g Teach by example, parents'. Remember the golden rule. Become involved with your children in something worthwhile. Don't be a hypocrite. Training for parents/guardians should be a component of the program. Parents need to be involved directly with their children. Teaching by examples about values. I feel that parents need lots of educating on the special needs of their children, to help the children to say no to sex an drugs and also learning about teens with ADD and new information to help them. My concern is that parents are so busy trying to get through their lives and problems that children are not getting the time and guidance needed. Some parents are poor examples (smoking, alcohol, drugs) they need to get their act together! Youth need to know there are consequences that will be followed through. Involve churches as much as possible. Ideally children should be taught these values by the time a child enters school, by the parents. But parents do no take care of young children. Daycare and baby-sitters care for most youngsters so the schools will have to reinforce the values. I think only one parent should work until the children are in school. I believe curriculum that lSD #I 1 adopted will create risk behaviors. It seems you may be going in circles. Also, if truth is not a core value, then you stance on all the above issues is on a collapsible foundation. 1 just received the Times and disagree with the idea Local program based on the premise of raising children is everyone's reiponsibility. Raising our children is our (the parents) responsibility. The community needs to be enco.uraged to help us. Always have clear consequences. Always follow through with the consequences. I am concerned that parents are leaving children as young as 1st and 2nd grade home alone for many hours. These kids are prone to getting into trouble and don't get the attention they deserve. Programs for the parents and the children would help. Parents have to be educated to raise these kids correctly. Look for volunteers to keep taxes down!! I believe that these values have to begin to be fostered in the home, therefore parents should be involved in activities to lower risk. Home alone depends on their responsibility. Is the non-parent adult responsible? If so, I guess I'm glad they've reached out to someone. Adults are much more intimidated by youth these days and are less likely to step in when necessary. There are too many parents that don't know where their kids are or what they are doing. Before we can have a healthy community of youth we have to have a healthy community of parents. We should start with them. They need a few lessons. Kids communicating with parents is a very important factor in controlling these risks. Parents need to be more involved. I think parent education~is paramount, speakers, workshops, etc. Kids aren't being supervised after school. Parents have no clue as to what their kids are doing in the streets or at hang outs. Where are the parents? Need to work with adults to get them involved and responsible for our children whether they are ours or not. All the above things are inter-related to each other. Our kids need a place to go that's theirs. Unaware of Effort · How is the information in #3 spread into the community? I have never heard of it before. ° I just moved to Anoka last September. l've never heard of your group. What do you do? Concerned About Effort * The questions and answers on this survey are obvious. Was this written by a sixth grader? Stop wasting my time and tax dollars. i I I I I I