Resilience is the ability to ‘bounce back’ after challenges and tough times. For children, challenges and tough times include experiences like starting at a new school or kindergarten, moving house, or welcoming a sibling into the family. Children build resilience over time through experience. Well, you can help your child learn skills and develop resilience....
ArticleRaising a Resilient Kids Who Never Give Up? Here are Some Tips
Resilience is the ability to ‘bounce back’ after challenges and tough times. For children, challenges and tough times include experiences like starting at a new school or kindergarten, moving house, or welcoming a sibling into the family.
Children build resilience over time through experience. Well, you can help your child learn skills and develop resilience. Here are some tips!
- Be a Supportive Role Model
Model resilient behaviors. Be calm and consistent. Admit your own mistakes and talk about how you’ll get better next time.
- Let Them Make Mistakes
Let them see the consequences of their actions. They will learn how to bounce back from their mistakes and do better next time.
- Praise the Right Way
Give “process praise” by focusing on strategies, progress, or effort. “I can tell you’ve been working really hard” or something like that.
- Teach to Manage Emotions
Teach that all emotions are okay. Deal with bad behavior to set limits. Brainstorm ways to fix the problem and prevent it in the future.
- Teach to Problem Solve
Don’t rush to solve problems for them or tell them the solution. Brainstorm solution to address the challenge. Discuss potential consequences of each solution.