Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared, and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace. Crime among juveniles has increased 600 percent since the 1960s. The incidence of drugs and alcohol abuse among children is dangerously high. America leads the world in teenage suicides. More than a quarter of our high school students will drop out of school.
More teenagers become pregnant out of wedlock in the U.S. than in any other country.
Start a support group for parents. Create a neighborhood study center. Enlist teenagers to work at senior citizen centers. For information about support groups in your area, visit The Benton's Foundation's KidsCampaigns Create safe places for after school, recruit mentors, provide opportunities for young people to learn a marketable skill. America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth , under the leadership of Gen. Colin Powell to mobilize resources for our children.