All Kids Are Our Kids What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents

by Benson, Peter L.

• ISBN13: 9780787985189
• ISBN10: 078798518X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-06
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The measure of a society's health is how well it takes care of the youngest generation. By this standard, we fail. But All Kids Are Our Kids offers an approach to unleash the extraordinary power of community when people unite around a widely shared vision of healthy child and adolescent development.

Author Biography

Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., is president of Search Institute, an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. He is widely recognized as one of the leading contributors to the field of child and adolescent development.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Table

Preface

1. Looking Through a New Lens

2. Naming the Positive: The Concept of Developmental Assets

3. Developmental Assets: The More, the Better-for All Kids

4. Directing Energy to Asset Building: Critical Culture Shifts

5. Creating Asset-Building Communities: Principles, Strategies, and Impact

6. Energizing, Supporting, and Sustaining Community Change

7. Mobilize Young People: Tapping Their Power to Build Assets Themselves

8. Engage Adults: Unleashing the Power of Intergernerational Relationships

9. Activate Sectors: Inegrating Asset Building into Community Institutions

10. Invigorate Programs: Creating Asset-Rich Experiences for Young People

11. Influence Civic Decisions: Seeking Common Ground on Behalf of All Kids

Postscript - Choosing a New Path