This comment comes from Renee Edelman, a mother in Amherst, New York. It says what we all know: that unflinching dedication to our children's well-being is a powerful force, one that more and more Americans are harnessing. Not just mothers, but fathers, too. Not just parents, but teenagers and senior citizens. Anyone can work to make the lives of our children healthier and happier...and everyone has a stake in doing so.

	What you can do in your home and family or in your extended or super-extended family
	What you can do in your neighborhood
	What you can do in child-care settings or in schools
	What you can do in your workplace or in your place of worship
	What you can do in your town or city or in your state or nation

101 Things You Can Do for Our Children's Future is a primer, an interactive workbook for parents—as well as seniors, nonparents, employers, teachers, and all Americans—who want to create a better life for children now.

With strategies ranging from traditional to revolutionary—from simple techniques to create more family time to ways to weave a "super-extended family," from how to create family-friendly workplaces to making libraries and parks safe places for children—101 Things You Can Do for Our Children's Future offers practical steps each person can take to improve the environment for families.

Thanks to Anchor Books for permission to reprint this book in its entirety. To order a copy of 101 Things You Can Do for Our Children's Future from KidsCampaigns.

Richard Louv is Senior Editor of KidsCampaigns, a columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and the author of several books about family and community.

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