If we can—and should—learn anything from decades of research on youth development, it is that intervention strategies and prevention strategies are, by themselves, not enough. Of course, we have to address the traumas faced by youth or “problem” behaviors of youth that have lost their way; of course, we should work to prevent health risks and other issues. But that isn’t enough. And worse, when we only see young people as victims, as problems that need solving, or as potential problems that need to be prevented, we’ve shortchanged what is possible for them, for their futures, and for all of our futures as well. Youth workers in the US often use a framework of “positive youth development” (PYD), a paradigm that sees young people as assets to their organizations and communities, having talents, skills, interests, energy and other gifts to offer now, not only in the future. A PYD approach supports youth in developing life and work skills, and intentionally creates opportunities for them to apply those skills in meaningful ways.