Young people are more likely to grow up successfully when they experience developmental
relationships with important people in their lives. Developmental relationships are close connections
through which young people discover who they are, cultivate abilities to shape their own lives, and
learn how to engage with and contribute to the world around them. Search Institute has identified five
elements—expressed in 20 specific actions—that make relationships powerful in young people’s
lives.
Read more at search-institute.org
