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Good Stress Management For Kids
Report Card Gives Us A Failing Grade.

Whose job is is it to ensure good stress management for kids these days. Is it the school? Is it the community? Or, is it the parents? The Search Institute says it is all of our jobs.


How Do Your Children Handle Stress?

Have you ever heard of the 40 developmental assets for youth developed by the Search Institute?

I prefer to think of them as tools to use to help with good stress management for kids. After you watch the video below, you may be interested to see the results of a 2003 survey of 150,000, 6th to 12th grade children in 202 communities across the US. The results are not very pretty. It's proof that childhood stress is out of control and we have got to do something.

For a complete list of the assets for each age group, please scroll to the bottom of the page.


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Peter Benson of the Search Institute.


Survey Results:
It Gets Worse As They Get Older.

  • Grade 6 kids had, on average, 23.0 out of 40 stress management assets.

  • Grade 7 kids had, on average, 20.2 out of 40 stress management assets.

  • Grade 8 kids had, on average, 18.7 out of 40 stress management assets.

  • Grade 9 kids had, on average, 17.7 out of 40 stress management assets.

  • Grade 10 kids had, on average, 17.6 out of 40 stress management assets.

  • Grade 11 kids had, on average, 17.6 out of 40 stress management assets.

  • Grade 12 kids had, on average, 17.8 out of 40 stress management assets.


    • Survey Results:
    It Doesn't Matter Where You Live.

  • Kids, in cities with 50,000 to 250,000 people, had, on average, 18.7 out of 40 possible stress management assets.

  • Kids, in cities with 2,500 to 49,999 people, had, on average, 18.6 out of 40 possible stress management assets.

  • Kids, in rural or farming communities, with less than 2,500 people, had, on average, 18.5 out of 40 possible stress management assets.


    • Survey Results:
    Girls Are A Little Better Off
    Than Boys, But Only A Little.

  • Girls had, on average, 19.9 out of 40 possible stress management assets.

  • Boys had, on average, 17.2 out of 40 possible stress management assets.


    • Overall Results: All Ages,
    Boys and Girls, All Locations

  • 17% of kids said they had access to 0 to 10 out of 40 possible stress management assets.

  • 42% of kids said they had access to 11 to 20 out of 40 possible stress management assets.

  • 17% of kids said they had access to 21 to 30 out of 40 possible stress management assets.

  • Only 9% of kids said they had access to 31-40 out of 40 possible stress management assets.


    • Stress Management For Kids
    Asset Lists By Age Group

    Asset List (12 to 18 year olds)

     Asset List (8 to 12 year olds)

     Asset List (5 to 8 year olds)

     Asset List (3 to 5 year olds)


    Why Is This So Important?
    Lower Asset Counts.

    The connection between kids and stress is plain to see in kids with lower asset counts.

    Lower asset counts = poor stress management for kids.
    Lower asset counts = development of bad habits.

    Use Alcohol and Drugs

  • 45% of kids with 0-10 assets use alcohol and/or drugs

  • 26% of kids with 11-20 assets use alcohol and/or drugs

  • 11% of kids with 21-30 assets use alcohol and/or drugs

  • Only 3% of kids with 31-40 assets use alcohol and/or drugs

    • Display Violent Behavior

  • 62% of kids with 0-10 assets display violent behavior

  • 38% of kids with 11-20 assets display violent behavior

  • 18% of kids with 21-30 assets display violent behavior

  • Only 6% of kids with 31-40 assets display violent behavior


    • Why Is This So Important?
    Higher Asset Counts.

    Just the same, the connection between children and stress is reduced very much in kids with higher asset counts.

    Higher asset count = good stress management for kids.
    Higher asset count = development of good habits.

    Succeed in School

  • 54% of kids with 31-40 assets succeed in school

  • 34% of kids with 21-30 assets succeed in school

  • 19% of kids with 11-20 assets succeed in school

  • 9% of kids with 0-10 assets succeed in school

    • Maintain Good Health

  • 88% of kids with 31-40 assets maintain good health

  • 69% of kids with 21-30 assets maintain good health

  • 48% of kids with 11-20 assets maintain good health

  • 27% of kids with 0-10 assets maintain good health

    • All survey results and statistics on this page are credited to the Search Institute.







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