Youth Safety Quotes

Sometimes, leaders' failures can cost these young people's lives.

We cannot continue to trade our children’s lives against the gun industry’s profits…. It is time to stop killing our children.

The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.

I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

I think crime is a huge issue for people. If you were living in the poorest state, and you've got drug dealers at the end of the street, and your life's in misery, and you're afraid of your kids going out the door. I mean, the job of progressive politicians is to do something about that.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Get between your kid and drugs, any way you can, if you want to save the kid's life.

Why do our kids have to show us what gun control is all about?

Women have to be careful and teach their girls to be aware of their surroundings and never be alone with testosterone-crazed boys. A lot of little lives are being ruined and our society is to blame. Our kids are just searching and being curious but they are dangerously looking for the wrong kind of attention.

We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.

Worrisome. It's romanticism, and it's dangerous to have children and students on the street.

Yes, it gets better, but I also understand that saying to a 15-year-old that, 'Oh, don't worry, just wait a year', is like saying 'Wait a lifetime', but every single person has the right to go to school and not be afraid.

I think the philosophy in our public schools, and many other institutions today, is that a dose of God is more hazardous to your health than a dose of herpes or drugs.

One of the really painful things we have found out about weapons carried by our kids is that they think they have to bring in the weapons to protect themselves.

I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."

Kids need somewhere to go, so they're not bored on the street.

I just want to make sports safe for our kids.

I work to raise awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving and substance abuse, primarily with youth.

We had a few tragic accidents in our state, as they've had in every state, from train crashes on down. And really, no text is worth dying for; that is our message to young people. And this is such a new phenomenon when you look at the number of texts and how they've increased exponentially in just the last few years.

When I tell people I work to stop hazing in high schools I am almost always met with shocked expressions. 'High school? Really? I thought that was something that only arrogant frat guys do in college.' But it's true - as long as I have worked on preventing bullying in high schools, I have worked to prevent hazing.

My parents won’t let me have a motorcycle, but they give me all the guns I want. I asked them for a motorcycle last Christmas and they told me I’d only kill myself. They got me this twelve-gauge instead.

I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there.

It is a sad reality that active shooter drills are a standard way of life for kids as young as pre-school.

If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future.