Help promote enough appropriate neighborhood activities to encourage their varied interests and capabilities. Work with other families in the neighborhood to improve and maintain peace and safety in the area. Include neighborhood kids in your family routines and activities. You might have just what it takes to give the attention they need. Offer to take care of friends' kids once in a while.
Child care is hard, but important work.
People raising kids need a break now and then. Learn enough about child abuse and neglect so you can do something helpful when you see it happening. Enjoy the sense of accomplishment and reap the rewards and benefits of giving daily service. Decide how you'll contribute time, talent, or money to projects that improve our community. A caring adult like you, a little time, and simple actions can provide children with a positive role model and some hope for now and the future.