Among the agents for socialization into leisure: the family is by far the most influential. Schools socialize children into certain leisure pursuits on the playground and in the gymnasium, and children also are socialized into both indoor and outdoor recreational activities by a host of agencies that serve youth: the YMCA/YWCA, YMHA/YWHA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Little League, and American Youth Hostel, to name a few.