ED423076 PS026935
Title: What Kids Need To Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways To Raise
Good Kids. (Revised, Expanded, Updated Edition).
Author(s): Benson, Peter L.; Galbraith, Judy; Espeland, Pamela
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 1998
Notes: "Based on a Nationwide survey of 100,000 young people
in over 200 communities."
ISBN: 1-57542-030-9
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Free Spirit Publishing, 400 First Avenue North, Suite
616, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1724; phone: 612-338-2068; fax: 612-337-5050;
e-mail: help4kids@freespirit.com; web address: www.freespirit.com
($5.99).
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Minnesota
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB1999
Target Audience: Community; Parents; Practitioners; Students; Teachers
Children and
adolescents who succeed have specific assets in their lives--developmental
assets, such as family support and self-esteem. The more assets
young people have, the less likely they are to lose their way and
get into trouble. Based on nationwide studies of children in grades
6 through 12, this book spells out 40 assets that help children
succeed. The book includes more than 900 specific, concrete suggestions
to help parents build assets in the home, school, community and
religious congregation. The book first presents checklists for kids
and parents to determine what assets kids already have so parents
can focus on the ones they need. The major portion of the book details
the 40 assets, external and internal, and how to build them. The
specific assets are organized into the following areas: (1) Support,
including family support, other adult relationships, and caring
school climate; (2) Empowerment, including community that values
youth, and service to others; (3) Boundaries and Expectations, including
neighborhood boundaries and positive peer influence; (4) Constructive
Use of Time; (5) Commitment to Learning, including school engagement
and reading for pleasure; (6) Positive Values, including equality
and social justice, and restraint; (7) Social Competency, including
planning and decision making, cultural competence, and resistance
skills; and (8) Positive Identity, including sense of purpose, and
a positive view of person future. The remaining sections of the
book discuss roadblocks to asset building and how to overcome them,
moving toward an asset mindset, and resources for asset building,
categorized for parents, schools, communities, religious congregations,
and young people. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Adolescents; *Child Rearing;
Childhood Needs; Children; *Community Role; Expectation; *Family
Role; Interpersonal Competence;
*School Role; *Social Support Groups; Student Needs; *Success
Identifiers: Adult Child Relationship
