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Young people thrive when they experience a broader web of relationships, build strong relationships in a class or program, at home, and across your organization.

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Relationships are key across several disciplines including family systems, social and emotional development, social capital, and community development.

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- Why Relationships Matter and How to Get Started
  
  Understand the foundations of developmental relationships and the power you have to strengthen those relationships for all young people to learn and grow.
- Resources Tailored to Your Role
  
  Tools to support everyone who works with young people — educators, youth program workers, schools and youth program leaders, and community members
- Resources Related to the Setting Where Relationships Take Place
  
  Young people thrive when they experience a broader web of relationships, build strong relationships in a class or program, at home, and across your organization.
- Resources on Key Topics
  
  Relationships are key across several disciplines including family systems, social and emotional development, social capital, and community development.
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  Explore tools, frameworks, activities, guides, measures, and other research-based resources to build strong relationships with all young people.
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What is youth Social Capital?

This short video is a great way to help young people understand the importance of social capital.

Search Institute collaborated with National Academies Foundation (NAF) to create this youth-facing video about what social capital is and how it can be a valuable asset for young people.

We recommend sharing this video with the youth and young adults you work most closely with to help them better understand how their web of supportive relationships can help them pursue their life goals.

Reflection:

Use this video as an opportunity to have a discussion about social capital with young people Consider the follow questions prompts below to help facilitate this conversation:

What did you think of this video? What did you learn?
Why do you think social capital and positive relationships are important?
Did the video give you any ideas of different people in your life who can help you? What are some ways different people might help you or others?
How might you help others, such as your friends or family?

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