• Get to know your child’s friends and their parents
• Teach your child about the risks of gangs, the negative consequences of gang behavior and how to avoid them
• Talk with your children and hear out their concerns
• Get your child involved with positive supervised activities including sports programs, Boys & Girls Clubs, hobby clubs, etc.
• Create household rules, including curfews, and enforce them
• Place a high value on education and help your child succeed in school
• Be a good example to your children
• Report gang activity or graffiti in your area or neighborhood to 574-LMPD

Other Information

National Gang Center and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Parents' Guide to Gangs (PDF)

National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children