The Education department also initiated a Crisis Intervention Team at Pittsburgh Public Schools for child witnesses of domestic violence who are physically fighting in school. In addition, Healthy Choices for Kids, the fourth and fifth grade curriculum of the Hands Are Not for Hurting Series, has been sold nationally, even winning an Honorable Mention Award for Innovative Child Program of the Year from the Michigan Federation of Private Child and Family Agencies. In May 1998, three evaluators made a three-day site visit to evaluate the curriculum. They also observed classroom presentations and a discussion group. The Women's Center's Hands are Not for Hurting series, and the other model programs selected, will be recommended to Congress as a model for what kinds of education are needed in the area of domestic violence prevention.
Nobody has the right to hit or hurt another person.
Conflicts need to be resolved by talking, negotiating, and compromising, not by name-calling or hitting. Boys as well as girls need to be gentle and nurturing. Girls as well as boys need to be strong and independent.