They are challenged to take more responsibility in creating a safe and productive school environment. The unit was designed to stand alone or to be integrated into the curricula of regular middle or high school courses. Teachers, for example, might use the unit as a departure point to also teach writing and speaking skills in English classes, or as part of human development in Science. Counselors might want to present the unit in their work, either meeting with classroom groups or perhaps as a small group counseling unit with selected students. The unit can also be used in other settings, such as mental health agencies, religious centers, and community organizations.
Every generation grows up in a different world than their parents.
Today's children are the first daycare generation, the first to grow up in an electronic society full of computers and surrounded by new forms of multimedia technology. They live in a world of abstraction more than reality, as environment and nature become more of a projected image than something experienced first hand. They are the first post-sexual revolution generation, being exposed to more sexually explicit pictures and language on television and films. Parents and family members, ideally, should have enough time together to talk about life's issues, including how to relate with others and to create satisfying personal relationships. Traditional families, where the teaching of social values and customs was once lodged, are giving way to new family structures and new childhood freedoms that did not exist forty years ago.