Are you impacting the lives of young people? What are some ways you are engaging them? Share your best practices?

I am a gh School Band Director. My wife and I teach together, and we make it a huge deal to let the kids know that we love them. I mean we actually tell the group how much we love them and love working with them.

We also take a big interest in their lives and are very vocal about trying to reinforce how important it is to look ahead in time and realize that Every thing they do affects someone else. We have one classroom rule... THERE SHALL NEVER BE AN ACTION FOR WHICH AN EXPLANATION IS NECESSARY! The explanation is, If you ever find yourself explaining WHY you did something, you are wrong in doing it.

We also use Facebook and Twitter to communicate events, and reminders.

I volunteer at my kids' ballet school, and as a ballet mom I hang out there for hours every day, waiting on my kids to be done with their classes. So when other kids are on dinner break, I'm sitting there. And we talk.

I listen to their conversations, and chip in if I have anything to contribute, or ask them questions. As a result, there are several kids that come to me now with all kinds of questions. And of course, I'm connected with them on Facebook and Twitter.

I think it's a very good thing, because I can share a little of my life as an approachable, responsible adult in a way they can access. Hopefully they learn something from it: yes, my preschooler can be exasperating, but is also deeply loved, charming, and smarter than they probably remember being at that age. Just in case they ever question whether their parents love them, they get a glimpse of what it's like to be one.

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