I appreciate the question.
I think part of the prevention issue is about teaching girls and boys what it means to be non-violent. It goes deeper than just saying, “Don't hit.” We need to train our children to understand what it means to have confidence, to have self-worth and to give other people the same things. Respect is taught. It is not something that we are born with. I think prevention goes much deeper than just going into the schools and talking about this. It starts at home. It also is a community issue.
I think a huge part of what we need to do is to take the prevention issue deeper, because, yes, putting a roof over someone's head is not the answer. We need to teach people that they deserve to be respected and what that truly looks like, and we need to have it at all levels of government and every level of society.