"They are Starting Younger": Lloyd Lewin Director of Outreach & Schools, Boys & Girls Club, Kenosha WI

Criminal Thinking Deterred

It sounds pretty ominous. Kids are starting earlier, such as middle school, in doing drugs and joining gangs. But, as our guest, Lloyd Lewin Director of Outreach & Schools, Boys & Girls Club, Kenosha WI, tells us, there is hope.

"Yes, they are starting younger," Mr. Lewin says, "but if educate them, have parental involvement, and work with the schools, we can steer them away." The BGC has partnered with several organizations and now provides drug addiction and gang involvement prevention.

Tony Moore and Mr. Lewin discuss the desire of kids to belong to something and that by high school they can be resistant to change. Yet, the club and its leaders present a positive way to succeed and stay away from drugs and gangs. No child is sentenced to a life of addiction or gangs. There are better ways, but it takes work (and funding) to get it done.