Child showing gang signs
The
politicians and Police can only discourage gang activity to a point. It takes each household to discourage their
children from joining or associating with a gang. It is up to you to discourage
your children from hanging around with gang members. You start doing this as soon as they are able
to walk and talk. Don’t start trying to control your children’s activity at age
16. It is easier to train your children in which way to go at age 4 than it is
as age 14. The older they are when you start training your children they harder
it will be when you start trying to train them.
To
discourage connections between your children and gangs, occupy your children’s
free time. You should plan activities that the whole family can enjoy such as
bike riding, bowling, hiking, fishing, swimming, and camping.
Meet your
children’s friends. Find out whom they are, what influence they have on your
children, and how they spend their free time.
If your children choose friends that are mostly from gangs, then your
children are probably involved in gang activity. Here is why you must occupy your children’s
free time. Give them responsibilities at home. Get them involved in after
school activities and other children’s associations such as summer baseball,
basketball, and track programs.
You the
parent are going to have to develop good communications with your children
without becoming a friend and not a parent. Good communication is open and
frequent. It takes on a positive tone
not a condemning tone. Do not allow your
children to stay out late at night. Set limits for your children. At an early age, children need to know what
is acceptable and what is unacceptable. The safety of your family depends on
you learning about gang and drug activity in your community. It depends on you
being an informed parent!
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