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How Can Adults Help Youth Thrive?

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Eva Harder
By: Eva Harder, Writer and Editor, America's Promise Alliance
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How Can Adults Help Youth Thrive? For the past 15 years, the Thrive Foundation for Youth has enabled leading researchers to explore the science of thriving, or what it takes to achieve one’s full potential. What they’ve found could turn the tide for millions of disadvantaged youth in America.
 
That’s why America’s Promise has partnered with The Thrive Foundation to create a new online learning channel dedicated solely to information on thriving. The Thriving Learning Channel will serve as a hub of resources, from blogs to academic research, on how caring adults can help youth thrive.
 
While thriving may look different for each individual, young people who thrive tend to have a few things in common, such as:
 
 
If you have ideas or knowledge about how to help more young people thrive, let us know by suggesting new research, resources and blogs for the Thrive Learning Channel. 
 
And if you’re curious to know if you’re thriving, the Thrive Foundation suggests that you ask yourself these questions:
 
  • Have you found your place in the world?
  • Do you have the opportunity and support to express your individual talents?
  • Do you feel like your work and life make a difference?
     

If you answered yes, get some tips from the Thriving Learning Channel and help someone else thrive!

 
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The 5 Promises

The 5 Promises represent conditions children need to achieve adult success. The collective work of the Alliance involves keeping these promises to America’s youth. This article relates to the promises highlighted below:

Caring Adults Caring Adults Safe Places Safe Places A Healthy Start A Healthy Start Effective Education Effective Education Opportunities to Help Others Opportunities to Help Others
The GradNation Action Platform

These six platform areas are based on the collective experience and expertise of individuals at organizations engaged with young people across the country, the experience of young people themselves, and our own research. The platform areas are a statement of best practice – they are what has been demonstrated to work to improve graduation outcomes for young people.:

High Quality Data Non-Academic Factors School Climate Caring Adult Relationships Youth Re-Engagement Pathways

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