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Joining a Gang: How to Help Kids Prevent it, How to Tell if They've Joined One, How to Help Them Out

While youth gangs are nothing new -- from drug trades)How to Keep Your Kids
they've been traced back to the early Away From GangsSince most kids who join
19th century -- the demographic of a gangs do so because they are looking for
youth gang is something that is a social network, for a group to belong
constantly changing. Many people to, ensuring that your child gets plenty
stereotype gang members as urban, inner of love and support at home and through
city males from racial minorities, but in positive activities is key in keeping
fact gangs are a problem in suburbs as them away from gangs.Such was the case
well as cities, for all races and for with David Danisa, a young man who could
girls as well as boys.There are about have easily fallen prey to gangs himself
750,000 gang members in the United as friends around him joined steadily.
States, according to estimates by the Instead, Danisa and friend Jurell Spivey
U.S. Department of Justice, and one-third joined school programs and even got
of them are under the age of 18. And involved into keeping younger kids out of
while it's still true that men account gangs."There's a lot of pressures in high
for the majority of gang members-more school," says Danisa. "If you have people
than 90 percent are male-gang membership who are helping you out in programs, you
among women is becoming increasingly start having more self-respect. You can
common.What Exactly is a Gang?Every gang fight through the hard stuff." And, to
has its own requirements and put is simply, after your day gets filled
characteristics, but the U.S. Department up with sports, volunteering and other
of Justice says that all gangs have one activities, "You don't have time to do
thing in common: "A group must be anything bad," Danisa said.Aside from
involved in a pattern of criminal acts to enrolling your kids in community or
be considered a youth gang."Similarly, school youth programs from an early age,
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) the following tips can also help:*
defines a gang as, "A criminal enterprise Encourage your child to think
having an organizational structure, independently* Take an active
acting as a continuing criminal interest in his/her life: Be involved!*
conspiracy, which employs violence and Get to know your child's friends and
any other criminal activity to sustain encourage healthy friendships* Teach
the enterprise."Additionally, gangs your child coping strategies to deal with
typically:* Develop around racial hard times* Support your child with
and ethnic lines* Are typically words and actions to instill in them a
male-dominated with some female members, sense of self-esteem and personal
though female gangs are on the increase* responsibility* Discourage too much
Center on a specific territory* exposure to media influences that glorify
Act as an organization that may be part drugs, sex, gangs and violence to
of a larger group* Display symbols kidsResources That Can HelpIf you suspect
associated with their gang through your child, friend or family member is in
clothing, tattoos, graffiti, hand signals a gang and in need of help, there are
and languageWhy do Kids Join many resources available. First,
Gangs?According to a White House fact according to the Los Angeles' County
sheet for the new youth initiative aimed Sheriff's Department:* The member
at protecting America's youth from gangs, must think and believe that they can get
an overwhelming number of violent U.S. out of the gang, and must want to do it.*
criminals like those in gangs grow up in Reduce the amount of time spent with
single-mother households with no father the gang. It's best to do so gradually,
around. It's also been shown that kids rather than trying to sever all ties
who are involved with their family, immediately.* Replace gang
school and community are less likely to activities with positive activities like
be involved in risky behavior like sports, the arts, employment, religion,
joining a gang.This may explain why, education, volunteering, etc.*
generally, kids join gangs to feel like Remove gang tattoos and attire and modify
they belong and have a sense of purpose. language away from gang communications.*
In fact, kids join gangs for many of the Create a new set of friends and an
same reasons that kids join any group, alternative support system, such as boys
like a soccer team or Boy Scouts:* and girls clubs.* Help other youths in
Looking for a sense of self-worth, gangs to create a better life away from
belonging and commitment* Seeking the gang.Other helpful resources
structure and discipline* include:* National Clearinghouse for
Companionship* A need for Families & Youth* Family and Youth
recognition, higher status and Services Bureau* The YMCA* Your
acceptance* Excitement and something to local youth community centerFrom the FREE
doGang SignsAdditionally, kids may join e-newsletter, the Web's #1 most read
gangs because of a:* Need for newsletter with original articles in all
protection* Family tradition* Need 6 areas of life leading to complete
for money (kids in gangs can earn cash wellness.




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