10 Ways You Can Stop Violence

 1.  Speak out for good social programs.

 2.  Use humor.

 3.  Avoid a conflict.  Usually it’s not worth it to argue.

 4.  Support nonviolent video and computer games.  

 5.  Show another parent how to discipline a child without hitting.

 6. Volunteer at a nursing home or public library or police department or homeless shelter or food kitchen.

 7. Fix the problem, not the blame.

 8. Help a group of children (school, religious group, community center) make a video tape about diversity.

 9.  Keep on trying,  Change comes slowly.

10. Don’t get discouraged.  “Hope is like a road in the country. There never was a road, but when many people walk the same path, a road comes into existence.”