Nine Pointers poem

by Megan and Gillian
(in their teens)

How to care for children and keep them
out of trouble
1. Supply them with books
2. Supply them with good books
3. Give them reading material
4. Let them read
5. Take them to the library
6. Find lots of good books
7. Teach them to read
8. Buy some good books
9. This advice is guaranteed to work (on us)

2025 Jacqueline Jackson

This article appears in Combating human trafficking.