Exter­nal assets are pos­i­tive devel­op­men­tal expe­ri­ences. The social­iz­ing sys­tems of the com­mu­nity should pro­vide chil­dren with sup­port, empow­er­ment, bound­aries and expec­ta­tions, and con­struc­tive use of time as pos­i­tive devel­op­men­tal expe­ri­ences of human development.