General Tips
- Talk with young people in the schools and community.
- Identify and work with the resources within your community that are effectively dealing with antisocial young people.
- Encourage and support a program to immediately obliterate all graffiti from the community.
- Talk to your local media about establishing a policy that no gang should be identified by name anywhere.
- Gather data on such crimes as drug dealing, home burglaries, auto thefts, muggings and youth prostitution.
- Don't try to be an instant expert on gangs. There is no single answer to the gang problem. Your most important source of information is your children; listen to them.
- Observe changes within your neighborhood, such as graffiti and young people congregating.

School Tips
- Work closely with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) or Local School Council (LSC) and the school's principal to encourage in-service training for teachers concerning gangs, gang recruitment, gang activities, gang signs and colors.
- Encourage your local school's administration to conduct a gang prevention program.
- Plan a PTA or LSC information night on gangs.
- Appoint a PTA or LSC member to seek information about gangs.

Parent Tips
- Plan some fun family activities.
- Be consistent in the treatment of your child.
- Spend time with each of your children talking to them about outside influences.
- Be aware of changes in your child's personality and selection of friends. Know your child's friends' names and where they live. When possible, talk to their parents. Share what your family rules are.
- If gangs are active in your community, discuss them as a family. Find out how your child feels about gangs. Don't lecture - listen.
- Watch for gang insignias on any of your child's books, papers or clothing. If your child wears the same color combinations or changes something as simple as the manner in which shoe laces are tied, check it out.
- If your child is bordering on being recruited into a gang or is already a gang member, GET HELP NOW! Contact us or your local school liaison for resources before your child becomes involved with the law or becomes a statistic.