HCHY List: Talking about definitions...

[Sue & Mike Trefry]

Here's a couple of terms often used in youth development language.

Resilience:  develop the capacity to weather the storm and move forward to a 
better future

Restraint/Boundaries:  Put boundaries and restraints around systems to 
prevent negative circumstances from happening again in the banking and 
investment world

Note:  For our annual report we have on the cover:  Investing in Youth-A 
Guaranteed Return.

Sue Trefry
The VAULT Youth Drop-In Cold Lake

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From: "DEREK PETERSON" <derek at icar-us.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:03 AM
Subject: HCHY List: Talking about definitions...


>
> In our current economic climate, the airwaves, newspapers,  periodicals, 
> coffee shops, and front porches are full of conversations  about our 
> changing world. They use terms like assets, 401K, net worth,  ROI (return 
> on investment), interest, and others...
>
> We all know the definitions of these words. But, as "asset builders"  we 
> know that these words and concepts are "bigger and broader" than  most 
> americans are aware.
>
> For instance...
> assets... We know that there are more to assets than the amount of 
> numbers our stuff is worth. We know that it is more than monetary  value. 
> We know that there are at least 40 assets that youth need to  succeed. We 
> know that real assets are both external and internal. And,  we know that 
> these assets should be broadly available within a  community, but too 
> often are hidden or never actualized. We know that  the developmental 
> assets can be build and sustained without the  monetary assets. And, we 
> know that the developmental assets are more  critical to the survival of 
> our family and communities.
>
> Compound Interest... This is the time and attention that we give to 
> children and youth. This time, spent during a child's early years, 
> compounds year after year, adding value to the child/youth's life and  our 
> own.
>
> Boink - the ball has been bounced to you... What youth development 
> definitions can you provide to the current national "economic" dialogue?
>
> I look forward to playing...
>
> Onward,
>
> Derek Peterson
> International Child/Youth Advocate
> derek at icar-us.com
> 701-212-1214
>
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