Life That Counts

Life that Counts

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Practical resources for schools, families, mentors, and partners.

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A practical guide to making opportunities usable, defining adult roles, and following through without taking over a young person’s choices.

Why identity, belonging, and access shape the decisions young people make—and what rural communities can build beyond warnings

A data-grounded examination of reported behavior, perceived norms, rural context, belonging, and accountable relationships—separating established findings from working hypotheses.

How changing roles, institutions, and social maps can shape what feels possible, respected, and reasonable

Our founder’s September 2020 TEDxWilsonPark talk explores how cross-age peer mentoring might strengthen connection, belonging, and positive peer culture. It presents a prevention-oriented idea, not a claim that mentoring alone can prevent school violence.