If every one of us would look in our own communities for the services available to youth, and would offer our own time to spend with just one kid for a few hours a week, don't you think it would help? Some of us are doing it already, through being the best parents or teachers we can, through befriending our own kids' friends, or through other means. But if the Trenchcoat Mafia and other disenfranchised kids had more optimistic, loving adults who were truly interested in them, it might give them some hope. One on one, one kid at a time, is the best way to get at the heart of the problem. Allison