The measure of a society's health is how well it takes care of the youngest generation. By this standard, we fail. But All Kids Are Our Kids offers an approach to unleash the extraordinary power of community when people unite around a widely shared vision of healthy child and adolescent development.

All Kids Are Our Kids introduces forty Developmental Assets-building blocks of healthy development that are essential for all youth, regardless of their background. The challenge for all segments of the community-families, neighbors, schools, congregations, employers, youth organizations, and more-is to share in the responsibility for taking action to ensure that all kids have what they need to grow up healthy, successful, and caring. This new edition includes new evidence, cites successful cases, and makes recommendations for energizing individuals, families, and community action.

List of Figures and Table
Preface
1. Looking Through a New Lens
2. Naming the Positive: The Concept of Developmental Assets
3. Developmental Assets: The More, the Better-for All Kids
4. Directing Energy to Asset Building: Critical Culture Shifts
5. Creating Asset-Building Communities: Principles, Strategies, and Impact
6. Energizing, Supporting, and Sustaining Community Change
7. Mobilize Young People: Tapping Their Power to Build Assets Themselves
8. Engage Adults: Unleashing the Power of Intergernerational Relationships
9. Activate Sectors: Inegrating Asset Building into Community Institutions
10. Invigorate Programs: Creating Asset-Rich Experiences for Young People
11. Influence Civic Decisions: Seeking Common Ground on Behalf of All Kids
Postscript - Choosing a New Path