Child and Youth Transforming the milieu and lives through the
power of Activity, that is, doing, and its benefits has received
relatively little attention in the child and youth work
literature. In direct care settings, what the children and youth
actually do to occupy their time productively is similarly
underemphasized. There may be boredom due to lack of interesting
and engaging activities, lack of challenge with activities
pitched below the competence level of the youth, or an
overemphasis on a particular domain of activity too often video
games. Given these factors, there is a great need for child and
youth staff to have: a sense of their role in providing
activities; the developmental and therapeutic reasons for the
significance of activities in the lives of youth; and some
practical ideas on how to successfully design and implement
activities in their own settings. The workshop upon which this
report is based focused on the following: The concept of the
Culture of Childhood refers to the collective fol