All Young People Need Assets
While it is crucial to pay special attention to those youth who have special needs, nearly all children and adolescents need more assets than they have.

Everyone Can Build Assets
Asset development requires consistent messages across a community.

It's An Ongoing Process
Asset development starts when a child is born and continues through high school and beyond.

Relationships Are Key
A central component of asset development is strong relationships between adults and young people, young people and their peers, and teenagers and children.

Consistent Messages
Asset building requires consistent, positive messages about what is important.

Redundancy
Children and youth need to hear the same positive messages and feel support over and over again, from many different people.

(Source: www.eagleyouth.org)