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Kids may not be interested in learning until they can see the end result of a lot of hard work and perseverance.Every kid needs a role model. We all had someone provide guidance and encouragement. This website is about paying it forward. -
Please join us in our efforts to keep Texas Beaches clean. I-Neglect is the Official Guardian of the Jamaica Beach portion of the Texas Coastline, we want to thank all the Volunteers that always show up and work hard to cleanup the Jamaica Beach Shoreline. Use the Contact Us link to send Kurt a message and get more information on how to join us on our next cleanup. -
Having fun and rewarding social experienceswith positive role models and with peers are vital to our children’s healthy passage into their adolescent and adult lives. Providing our kids with cultural insight, practical lessons in social tolerance and personal responsibility will prepare them to be the future leaders of our communities. -
I Neglect is committed to the healthy development of the social and cultural needs of underprivileged children in Southeast Texas.
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- Best Buy Rocks
We all get a little bit overwhelmed by our lives, sometimes it`s better to let some time pass before we make an important decision that will will have long term consequences. Decisions made without clear thinking will tend to create poor outcomes.
Research indicates art is important in a child's development. Creating art provides new skills for self-expression, problem solving and communication. It develops skills that benefit a child's development. Art goes beyond verbal language to communicate feelings that might not otherwise be expressed.
Facial expression alone, without first feeling the corresponding emotion, is enough to create discernible changes in your autonomic nervous system. Force a smile lift up those pretty lips and crinkle your eyes, and your body will release all kinds of feel-good brain chemicals into your system.
Kids who are physically fit sleep better and are better able to handle physical and emotional challenges — from running to catch a bus to studying for a test. The Three Elements of Fitness Endurance, Flexibility, and Strength are essential for good health.
Kurt J Henry Pres/Founder of I Neglect Inc. participates in Author C Goforth Elementary Schools REAL MEN READ 2nd grade reading program.Adult men as reading role models can have a profound impact on kids. Kids are our most precious asset and we need to invest in their future.
I-Neglect and volunteers, namely Best Buy; The Jamaica Janes; Boy Scouts Troop 400 from Alvin, Texas; Klein Forest High School Air Force ROTC; Jersey Village High School Air Force ROTC. were recognized in an article on the Galveston area Police News website. Article
We want to thank Best Buy for it's continued support, especially BestBuy Baybrook store 242. The Best Buy team were be on the job April 25th cleaning up Texas beaches , starting from Jamaica Beach to San Luis Pass.They also were on the job at the I-neglect charity Golf Scramble
Prevention of Child Abuse
There is a large body of research that has focused on child abuse, and the vast majority of cases are seen in poor family environments with parenting problems. These parents have generally a diminished capacity to cope with stress in the parenting task coupled with an extreme reaction to stress in general. High concentrations of poor families and material disadvantage characterized by lone parenting, low income, unemployment, high mobility are key correlates of parenting problems.
It's important to note that all of these families are "in need", but only some are "at risk", many families in this category are coping successfully with these hardships. Studies aimed at prediction and prevention of child abuse point to social inequality and social deprivation exacerbating psychological predispositions resulting in parenting breakdown. Poor environments may be deficient in support for parents, the kind of support that arises naturally from networks of families, friends and neighbors. Poor environments can suffer from social fragmentation and lack of community cohesion and these families are more isolated and less supported than families elsewhere.
There is growing interest in resilience, the ability of some individuals to maintain healthy functioning in spite of a background of disadvantage commonly associated with poor outcomes.
The old adage "It takes a village to raise a child" was never more true. Generally families with social and family networks can help parents cope with stress, government programs are effective in this regard but can only do so much.
Want to fight crime? You don't need a gun or a cape, you need to be a mentor or a community organizer or be part your church's youth counsel.
Find something in your community, participate, it will help your mental health as well as your community.
Role Models
Definition
A person who serves as a model in a particular behavioral or social role for another person to emulate.
A person regarded by others, as a good example to follow.
A person whose behavior in a particular social setting is imitated by others.
Every kid needs a role model.
We all had someone provide guidance and encouragement.
This website is about paying it forward.
A person has many role models in their lives. First of all it's the parents who have the greatest influence, but a child's peer group will always have a profound effect on them. Having a variety of positive influences are essential. We all have had an influential person in our lives that have changed our lives for better or worse.
