Stop the Violence Part One

The Division of Youth Corrections has put together a hand out of 101 ways you can help in stopping the voilence. I really liked the hand-out, and feel there are things on the list we can all take a note of.

I will share the first 25 suggestions today, 25 tommorow, and so-on.

25 Ways YOU can help:

1) Make a Child Smile
2) Learn to walk in another's shoes
3) Refuse to hate
4) Be Slow to anger, slow to accuse, quick to tolerate
5) Speak out against hate
6) Learn about your neighbor's culture
7) Don't hit your kids
8) Don't hit anyone
9) Encourage State and Federal gun control legislation
10)Use-Courtesy-it's diarming
11)Teach children to respect themselves and others
12)Support your children's school activities
13)Be a mirror, not a microscope
14)Set a good example
15)Support the Alternative Athletic League
16)Take a deep breath and count to ten
17)Work for fairness
18)Talk with children
19)Listen to children
20)Help children develop sound vaule systems
21)Use Humor
22)Speak out for good social programs
23)Keep on trying; change comes slowly
24)Kids don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care
25)Keep your hands to yourself

Some of these things we have heard since childhood, and it is good to remember them.