HCHY List: Talking about definitions...

[Allison Barton]

Amen to that, Diedra!
Allison C. Case Barton, RN
DATE Nurse
Simi Valley Unified School District
875 E. Cochran St.
Simi Valley, CA 93065
805-520-6185
FAX: 805-520-6596
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  From: Silbert, Diedra =

  To: abarton at simi.k12.ca.us =

  Cc: Healthy Communities Healthy Youth =

  Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:16 AM
  Subject: RE: HCHY List: Talking about definitions...


  Hi Derek,

  4 Assets that we might add to the dialogue around our economic times are:

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  Responsibility and Adult Role Models - I'd sure love to see people taking=
 personal responsibility for their role in the current economic mess.  I do=
n't mean the finger-pointing and blame-finding that seems pretty common, bu=
t rather seeing adults modeling true accountability and recognition of how =
their/our behaviors contributed to this mess.  And then also taking respons=
ibility for how they/we can move us in more fiscally and socially responsib=
le directions. What a difference this could make in the ways young people m=
ight understand responsibility and accountability.

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  Restraint - Could we look more deeply at how our model of "the one with t=
he most toys wins" might be restrained for the greater good??  Consumerism =
without restraint is not, in my opinion, the way out.  (There might even be=
 some connections between the above approach and the more literal definitio=
n of Restraint related to sex, drugs, and alcohol, but I'll leave that disc=
ussion to others for the moment!)

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  Positive view of personal future - If it's public confidence in the marke=
t that seems to have so much sway over what happens in the stock market, th=
en perhaps we all could use a dose of optimism and belief in our personal f=
utures being safe and stable, in spite of the economic woes and true suffer=
ing that many people feel.  Not easy when you're not sure where your next m=
eal will come from or how you'll support your family.  Yet, having that str=
ong belief is part of what makes people more resilient.

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  Diedra Silbert

  Prevention and Mentoring Supervisor

  Coconino County Juvenile Court Services

  1001 E. Sawmill Rd.

  Flagstaff, AZ  86001

  (928) 226-5431

  dsilbert at courts.az.gov

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: hchylist-bounces at lists.search-institute.org [mailto:hchylist-bounce=
s at lists.search-institute.org] On Behalf Of DEREK PETERSON
  Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:04 AM
  To: Silbert, Diedra
  Cc: Healthy Communities Healthy Youth
  Subject: HCHY List: Talking about definitions...

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  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...

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Boink - the ball has been bounced to you... What youth development

  definitions can you provide to the current national "economic" dialogue?

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  I look forward to playing...

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  Onward,

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  Derek Peterson

  International Child/Youth Advocate

  derek at icar-us.com

  701-212-1214

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