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How to Raise a Good Citizen
Poll your kids on whether to have pizza or Veggie Delight for dinner, and you'll likely see a swift show of hands. But ...
Source: Education.com
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Teaching the Responsibilities of Citizenship
Tips to help teach the responsibilities of citizenship at home and at school.
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Can a 10-Year-Old Change the World?
Kids across America are learning that one person can make a difference-- not by hearing that they can, but by actually ...
Source: Education.com
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Kids and Philanthropy
While many stories in parenting magazines focus on the negative, it's nice to know there's one area where today's kids ...
Source: Education.com
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Ten Tips for Volunteering Wisely
1. Research the causes or issues important to you.Look for a group that works with issues about which you feel ...
Source: USA Freedom Corps
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100 Ways to Make a Difference in Your Community
Young people are serving their communities at record numbers. Each year, approximately 13 million teens give 2.4 ...
Source: Youth Service America
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Family Volunteering: How to Find the Perfect Match
Volunteering provides a wonderful way to give back to your community. It also gives your kids a personal perspective on ...
Source: Education.com
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How to Engage Children in Service: Ages 6 to 9
In order to create a more unified community we must start teaching children to serve at younger ages. It has been ...
Source: Youth Service America
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How to Engage Children in Service Ages 5-6
In order to create a more unified community we must start teaching children to serve at younger ages. It has been ...
Source: Youth Service America
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Violence, Greed, and Social Conscience - Learning from Dr. Martin Luther King
On Jan. 15, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 67. What would he say about the violence that is consuming ...
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10 Steps to Create Quality Youth-Led Projects
Often times young people who have the drive and determination to serve in their communities do not know how or where to ...
Source: Youth Service America
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Adolescent Experiences from Participating in Extracurricular and Community-Based Activities
There is little debate remaining in the field of youth development that participation in extracurricular and ...
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Electoral Politics For Teens
Does your teen care about what's happening on the political scene? Or understand it? Here's the reader's digest version ...
Source: Education.com
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Get Kids Volunteering! Why and How to Make a Difference
Many parents want to make volunteering a priority in their lives, but how to go about it in an already over-packed ...
Source: Education.com
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Talking with Kids About War and Genocide
No parent wants to see the bubble burst on a child’s youthful innocence. Yet sooner or later, kids start asking hard ...
Source: Education.com
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Service Learning
Service learning, like apprenticeship and school-to-work, contextualizes student learning. It provides an environment ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Community Service and Family Volunteering
Show your teens just how much they matter, not only to you, but also to the world.Encourage your teen or pre-teen to do ...
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Meet Martin Luther King: the Man and the Message
Take today to celebrate nonviolence, equality, service and justice with your child--ideas that Martin Luther King, Jr....
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11 Ways to Give Back During the Holidays
Tips to involve your family in the giving spirit this year. These projects will teach your child the joy of giving back...
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8 Ways to Engage Your Child in Service Learning
Encourage your child to solve a problem that's important to him with these eight service-learning projects for young...
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Extracurricular Activities for Kids: Essential or Not?
Increased pressure in schools to raise test scores has meant a sidelining of critical extracurricular activities for...
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How to Engage Children in Service: Ages 9 to 12
In order to create a more unified community we must start teaching children to serve at younger ages. It has been proven...
Source: Youth Service America
