This thoughtful book should be read by anyone-parents, youth workers, ministers, community leaders, and policymakers-concerned about the future of America's children and the vitality of communities which they love. -Emmy Werner, University of California, Davis, author of Overcoming the Odds Based on research from the renowned Search Institute, this groundbreaking critique of American culture offers practical strategies for uniting and mobilizing communities around a shared vision of healthy development.Peter L. Benson introduces forty developmental assets-building blocks of healthy development. These assets-such as family support, intergenerational relationships, clear and consistent boundaries and expectations, participation in constructive activities, and community focus on values-are essential for all youth, regardless of background. Yet too few young people have these support structures in their lives. To increase assets among all kids, the author provides a compelling vision for a healthy community and specific recommendations for individual, family and community action.
- ISBN13 9780470493212
- Publish Date 18 May 2009 (first published 2 October 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 March 2017
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 448
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com