We are talking about trying to mobilize a shift in the commitment of a large group of people. In modern American society, kids need good families, but they need more. It isn't enough to have good families. You need asset building everywhere else in community life. And if you are not gifted with a good family, you need a good community even more.
Assets are too few everywhere, communities too fragmented, high risk behavior too common.
All kids need more of the good stuff. Know your power as an asset-builder. No one person can do this work alone, and no one institution can do it alone. We are talking about us. If you are one of those people who connects to kids as a mentor, as a friend, as a parent, as a grandparent, as an aunt, as an uncle, as a neighbor, as a teacher, as a member of a congregation, your community has never needed you more.