All young people need assets. Relationships are critical. Strong relationships between adults and young people, young people and their peers, and teenagers and children are central to asset building. Asset building is an ongoing process. It starts when a child is born and continues through high school and beyond.
Consistent messages are important.
Young people need to receive consistent messages from their families, schools, communities, the media, and other sources about what's important and what's expected. Intentional redundancy is important. Assets must be continually reinforced across the years and in all areas of a young person's life.