Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Speak with at-risk children or teenagers about gang activity. Establish a sense of trust with at-risk youths. Encourage the kids to create positive goals for themselves. Create an early intervention program for at-risk youth. Connect young gang members with specialists for additional help. Look for signs of gang affiliation on social media channels.

Answer: Get involved with local outreach and prevention programs to connect with at-risk youths in your area. Young people typically join gangs between the ages of 13 and 15, so you may want to focus on kids in this age range and younger. Early intervention usually has the best results.  Despite common stereotypes, girls join gangs in large numbers, too. Avoid focusing all of your efforts on young males. You can also communicate with kids already involved in gang activity through these channels. Talk to them about the reasons why they feel pressured to join a gang and encourage them to speak freely. Allow the kids to communicate both the frustrations and positive aspects of their lives in order to build a caring, sustainable relationship with them.  Remain non-judgmental, encouraging, and supportive when they share personal details with you. Common reasons for gang involvement include financial stability, sense of support and belonging, peer status, and belief that they'll be protected if they join. After establishing trust, you can help them form realistic and attainable personal, educational, and career goals outside of gang involvement. Push them to think outside of and beyond their current lifestyle to show them the positive potential they have.  Ask them questions like, "Where do you want to be when you grow up?" and "What steps do you think will get you there?" Academic success and positive connections related to that success have shown encouraging results. If your community doesn't have an early intervention program for at-risk youth, create one yourself. Focus on creating an environment for positive recreation that provides youth with the tools needed to learn interpersonal skills, such as conflict resolution.  Programs should have classes or get-togethers specifically for parents and teachers of disruptive youth that want to learn how to manage them effectively.  Intervention programs give at-risk youth a non-judgmental environment to learn adaptive skills and provide them with a sense of community. In some cases, professional help is necessary to deal with gang activity. Specialists devote their careers to developing relationships with gang members and leaders in order to mediate violence. If the situation is very serious or feels beyond your control, consider reaching out to a gang specialist.  Gang specialists do not undermine gang members or leaders. They are not anti-gang—they are anti-violence. Although gang specialists support anyone's decision to leave the life, they do not try and talk members out of the lifestyle. They play a neutral role that focuses on harm reduction. A lot of gang activity among younger age groups now starts online, especially when it comes to trading insults and sparking violence that later plays out in the streets. Find local community groups and support networks for gang-affiliated youth and provide their contact information to people you believe would benefit from it.  For example, you could send young gang members links for programs such as GRASP (Gang Rescue and Support Project) or the Youth at Risk Development Program (YARD). Even if your efforts don't work or are met with hostility, take it in stride and continue your efforts.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Keep revising your book, but don’t make excuses for not submitting it. Hire a literary agent if you’re aiming for traditional publication. Look into self-publishing options if the traditional route isn’t ideal.

Answer: In other words, commit yourself to getting your book out there, and don’t use “it’s not quite ready yet” as a permanent excuse. Revising, refining, and editing are all essential to a good book, but at some point you have to have the courage to get it published.  Seeking publication can feel a bit like losing control over your manuscript, after all the time you’ve spent working and re-working it. Keep reminding yourself that your book deserves to be seen and read! If necessary, impose a deadline on yourself: “I’m going to submit this to publishers by January 15, one way or the other!” You can submit your manuscript to publishers yourself, but you’ll increase your odds of success by working with an agent. They’ll have the experience and industry contacts needed to give your work a better chance of finding the right publisher. Unless you live near a book publishing hotbed, your best bet is to search online for literary agents.  Evaluate potential agents and look for the best fit for you and your manuscript. If you know any published authors, ask them for tips and leads on agents. Typically, you’ll submit excerpts or even your entire manuscript to an agent, and they’ll decide whether to take you on as a client. Make sure you’re clear on their submission guidelines before proceeding. If your book has a small target audience due to its subject matter, it may be tough to find a publisher to take it on. This is especially the case when you’re a new author. Fortunately, you have options when it comes to publishing the book yourself.  You can self-publish copies on your own, which may save you money but will take up a lot of time. You’ll be responsible for everything from obtaining a copyright to designing the cover to getting the actual pages printed. You can work through self-publishing companies, but you’ll often end up paying more to get your book published than you’ll ever make back from selling it. Self-publishing an e-book may be a viable option since the publishing costs are low and your book immediately becomes accessible to a wide audience. Evaluate different e-book publishers carefully before choosing the right one for you.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Consider getting a dress tailor made for you.

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You might not like this idea of waiting around and you also might have a creative flair. If so, you could also design your own dress. You are probably thinking 'what?' but you could just sketch what you want on a piece of paper and take it to tailors to be made for you. Or, you can take in a picture of a dress and they can make a copy. Do this at least four weeks in advance so that you have time to have it altered if needed.