Roots of Action provides research-based resources on fostering positive youth development to over two million parents, schools, and communities annually. Our framework, The Compass Advantage, was created by Dr. Marilyn Price-Mitchell, developmental psychologist and researcher. It reflects an integrative approach to nurturing a child’s mind, body, heart, and spirit. It suggests children need an interconnected group of eight core abilities to thrive in an ever-increasingly complex society. Offering a blend of stories and insights from multidisciplinary research, articles are written and categorized in support of the compass abilities: Empathy, Curiosity, Sociability, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Integrity, Resourcefulness, and Creativity.

Our Community Promise is a research-based, frame-ready document that states a community's intention to support youth and their healthy development through their words and actions. It is linked to young people's I Have a Dream statement and shows how The Compass Advantage is nurtured by schools and programs.

My Parenting Promise is a free research-based, frame-ready document that states a parent's intention to support their child's healthy development. It is linked to a child's I Have a Dream statement and shows how The Compass Advantage is nurtured every day through parent-child relationships.

I Have a Dream is a free frame-ready-document that beautifully states what young people need to achieve their hopes and dreams. This statement of aspiration was co-written with teens from the Bainbridge Healthy Youth Alliance and it's content is supported by research in child and adolescent development

My Parenting Promise is a free research-based, frame-ready document that states a parent's intention to support their child's healthy development. It is linked to a child's I Have a Dream statement and shows how The Compass Advantage is nurtured every day through parent-child relationships.

Eight Pathways to Every Child's Success is a free discussion guide created to help parents, educators, and community leaders discuss ways to help young people cultivate the abilities in The Compass Advantage.

Contact: marilyn@rootsofaction.com

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