1. Why is kids.now
needed?
The challenges for kids in the crucial years of
becoming a teen can be overwhelming: drugs, gangs,
bullying, sex and more. Cutbacks in the education
and social service systems don't help. Without
the right direction and support, kids can make
choices that hurt them, their family and their
community, sometimes irreparably.
When was the last time you made a bad choice?
It may have been as recently as today or yesterday!
As adults we are surrounded
by resources to help us make good choices. The
kids at Columbine and Red Lake made
bad choices. Closer to home, the kids in Mississauga
that burned down the United Church made bad choices.
These kids didn't have the resources you and I
have to help us make good choices.
The world is changing fast. Young people need
to be resilient and well educated to find their
place in our increasingly complex knowledge-based
society, but even a good education and a high IQ
don't guarantee success.
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