Safe Places
Promise 2
All children need to be physically and emotionally safe wherever they are — from the actual places of families, schools, neighborhoods and communities to the virtual places of media. They also need a healthy balance between structured, supervised activities and unstructured time.
It’s important for children to be safe. But safe places alone are not enough. It is equally important for children’s development that these places engage them actively and constructively.
According to Every Child, Every Promise:
- Only 37% of children and youth experience this Promise
- Between one-fourth and one-third of all young people “never” or only “sometimes” feel safe at school and in their communities
- Only four in 10 young people participate in high-quality activities that teach them needed skills, how to form lasting relationships with others, and how to make big decisions
- Less than half of parents of children under 18 say that affordable, high-quality after-school activities are available in their communities
Learn more about our National Action Strategies to bring more Promises to 15 million children in five years.