Positive Youth Development (PYD)= is both a philosophy as well as a programmatic approach for supporting healthy, productive, and engaged youth as they grow into adulthood. The PYD approach rests on the idea that youth with more developmental assets are more likely to enjoy academic success, have greater economic prospects, be more civically engaged, and be more healthy in the long term. (https://www.youthpower.org/positive-youth-development#:~:text=Positive%20youth%20development%20engages%20youth,the%20environment%3B%20and%20transform%20systems)