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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Guardian Angel programs

Some people wonder what the Guardian Angels do that Crime Watch's don't do. Here's some statistics-

1 out of 4 kids is bullied by another youth.
An estimated 160,000 children miss school every day for fear of bullies.
282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
39% of middle schoolers say they don't feel safe at school.
Nearly 60% of boys who researchers classifed as bullies in grades 6-9 were convicted of at least one crime by the age of 24.
Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incindents.
What do Neighborhood Watch groups do, I don't know.
What do the Guardian Angels do- they hold 90 minute discussions with teachers and school districts to help find a way to deal with bullying. The Guradian Angels have a seminar dealing with several problems including; dealing with classroom misbehavior, combating teacher burnout, implementing programs for at risk youth, and how to recognize at risk behavior.
The Gurardian angels through their gang recognition and suppression program help school officials and others to define gangs, teach stratagies and techniuqes to reduce gang participation in schools, how to identify gang signs and signals, how to use students as a resource in gang education, and warning signs of gang membership drives. They also promote diversity and culteral awareness in another program. The Guardian Angels have a program that teaches school safety for the security and professional in school. The Guardian Angels also have the world's largest internet safety program. I also have some statistics on that-

Approximately 1 in 5 youth surveyed received a sexual solicitation over the internet last year.
1 in 33 received an aggressive sexual solicitation.
1 in 4 had an unwanted exposure to pictures of naked people or people having sex last year.
1 in 17 was threatened or harrassed.
Less tha 10% of sexual solicitations and only 3% of unwanted exposure episodes were reported to law enforcement.
Only 17% of youth and approximately 10% of parents knew who to make a report to.
25% of you who encountered a sexual solicitation told a parent.
In homes with internet access only 33% of parents said they had filtering or blocking software installed when interviewed.
Girls were targeted at almost twice the rate of boys
(66% versus 34%)
22% of victims of online sexual solicitation were between the ages of 10 and 13.

The angels have the online site that gives youth and parents the options to fight back. So, yeah I guess they must be a gang of vigilantes wanting to scare you. Comments are welcom

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