Your grandparents may have had a rough times, your parents may have had, but the history of an oscillating family is one in which good things happen and bad things happen. But the lesson from the oscillating family history is that, although bad things happen, we come back from them. This takes work. So you need to see that as something you have to do, just like exercise. Duke, Ph. Thanks for the high quality articles.
I have read a few of them and have now subscribed. As both a mom and a Social Worker, I look for current evidence to apply to my practice and my parenting. These suggestions will go into my tool kit! Let them know that everyone who is trying to accomplish a task makes a mistake at some time or other in his or her life. If they understand this, they will be more willing to pursue any task at hand. Let children know that some stress is fine, but also help them deal with their stress in a responsible manner.
They should never feel to overwhelmed to function in everyday life. Let them know that everyone has stress and each person deals with it in their own manner. One way for parents to teach resilience to their kids is by gearing them up in such a way that they will be equipped with the skills that could handle the unexpected. This is not going to be a way of suggesting that a child must be put through the same pain that his parents went through like what symbiotic parents are doing to their children.
The point is to get the kids taught in handling uncertainty and as a problem-solver. Problem solving is a fact of life. We do it every day, and everywhere. After all, life is all about solving problems. Parents must engage their kids in figuring out how they could handle challenges. Start it from simple tasks, then to hard, and hardest. They must be given the opportunity, time and again, to figure out what works from what does not. Some great content in this article Hey Sigmund. Thank you.
When I read articles about children, I always ask what age is being spoken about. But a five year old is not a seven year old and a seven year old is not a nine year old. My main interest is in the child up until the ninth year ie 8 years of age , when significant shifts in psychological development take place.
Ah those tooth fairy years. Thanks Jonathan! I never stop being surprised by what kids can understand and take on board. Hi Karen, Thank you very much for the fantastic article! Had a query on point Encourage them to take safe, considered risks. What would be the best way to gauge the limits of this safety to maximize the learning? Great question. Gauge what is safe by using your knowledge of the individual child — what they are capable of physically, emotionally, mentally, then encourage them to move just past the point at which they start to feel their limits.
So, depending on what they are into, a safe risk might be taking the shot at goal, taking part in a performance, trying a new activity, going to a party, welcoming the new kid. I really enjoyed the article so thanks, but disagree with you on this one. If something is experienced by someone as a risk it is unlikely to feel safe. Children need to learn skills in assessing their skills against the risk and we need to be by their side to support — and intervene only if absolutely necessary. Thanks Bradley.
The fallout from this way of being is rigidity in life and in relationships, which can cause all sorts of trouble later on. It can involve trying a different food, doing something a different way — all the while being supported by someone they feel safe with. Of course there will always be risky situations that feel bad, and that we would probably prefer our kids not to do such as skateboarding down a busy street.
Problems come with inflexibility either way — when there is overcalculation of risk and no brave behaviour; or not enough calculation of risk and too much risky behaviour.
As the adults in their lives who care about them, our role is to gently guide them to know the difference. Agreed Karen — it is often about helping them discern between risk climbing a tree and danger climbing a tree that has concrete underneath it.
I often wonder if the lack of opportunities to take risk in early childhood leads to some of the more dangerous risk-taking in adolescence — a lack of skills in knowing how to assess risk?
Great point Alice. During adolescence something else happens that drives risky behaviour. The adolescent brain undergoes massive changes. During this time, the risky, impulsive, instinctive part of the brain develops and strengthens before the part of the brain that is able to consider consequences, plan, and slow impulsive behaviour. Although adolescents are very capable of thinking about consequences, the changes in their brains means that they are more likely to place more importance on the potential benefits of an action, and minimise the potential risks.
In many ways, this is an important part of development — we want our adolescents to take safe risks because this is how they learn to extend into the world, explore their potential, and establish their independence.
The wonderful potential in this can also have disastrous consequences. Their capacity for greatness during this stage, driven by their creativity and their drive to experiment with the world and their place in it, can also see them taking some risks that can be potentially dangerous or in some instances, catastrophic. The drive towards risk is a part of adolescent development, and as clever or as considered as they might be, the potential for risky behaviour is there in all of them.
We just have to hope that some of what we say or the lessons they learned as they were growing up will stick, but inevitably they will make mistakes as will we! I would agree with that comment too. My approach to teaching my kids how to deal with risks, was firstly to help them identify these, teach them strategies to evaluate these, decide on action and then trust their instincts.
I think its key that kids learn to back themselves in a considered manner and learn to face challenges head on while learning from mistakes with a growth mind set. This is so true,especially since as a teacher the children were my life, as I had none of my own. Teaching,especially welfare, was my life, and when I became medically retired for a second time — hence the nursing home, I totally crashed. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
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This was a great article! Reply Good article Reply. Reply Powerful and enlightening Reply. Again— so helpful! Reply Sarah if you tend towards anxiety, this can understandably hold you back from taking risks. Reply Kelsey the sources are all hyperlinked. I need to teach myself some resilience! Always brilliant Karen! Thank you so much for this comprehensive compilation. Reply Thanks Melissa! Reply Wonderful Article Reply. The importance of family history in the development of self-esteem and resiliency.
Working through them does. Talk about lessons learned. Kids who learn and think differently often need to practice finding lessons in situations. Talk through what was difficult, and how they tried to handle it. Help them see what they can use from that challenge to make the next one better. Encourage them to ask for help. Ask what they need to get through a situation or to do better at something. Build confidence that things can improve.
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A good plan will clearly identify the challenge e. Once a child learns how to plan effectively they can start using this new planning skill when making new friends, battling through a hard video game level, managing bullies, or exams. If they lack confidence they may attempt to avoid the situation completely. Examples of avoidance include pretending to be sick to miss an exam or purposefully forgetting to bring an assignment to school.
A simple strategy to help your child develop confidence is pointing out times when they did take a risk and they were successful. Another confidence building strategy is helping diffuse how big or scary the problem looks while encouraging a plan to tackle the problem in smaller steps. Another important factor is good communication and problem-solving skills.
Children who can express their plans and ideas well are also going to get better feedback from adults. The final supporting factor is having good self-regulation skills to manage strong emotions and impulses. A child might understand that it is important to not get angry when playing board games or when they miss the goal at soccer but they may not have the emotional skills to manage their frustrations in the moment. It is much easier to teach these emotion regulation skills when the child is calm and not in the frustrating situation.
Once the child has learnt this skill we can then encourage them to apply them to the situation. An early self-regulation skill to encourage is turn taking which practices sharing and inhibits their impulse reaction to take the toy off another child. Fortunately, there are many ways to help your child develop resilience!
Resilience is dependent upon a child having strong, healthy relationships with adults. Therefore, focusing on your attachment with your child will subsequently help support the development of resilience. Household chores can be a fantastic way to promote self-esteem, independence, pride in work, confidence in abilities, and a sense of belonging and importance to the family. Instead try rewards like choosing the movie for family movie night or Sunday night dinner.
These types of rewards lead a child to internalise their successes rather than relying on external rewards like money to recognise their achievements. Most kids can identify happy, sad, frustrated and angry but what they may struggle with is recognising why they are frustrated, what happens to their body when frustrated, and what they can do to help themselves.
Do you want to try having a break or would you like some help? By linking the cause and emotion and identifying an alternate action the child learns about their emotions, emotion regulation and problem-solving skills. As their insight develops you may notice your child begin to recognise their emotions quicker and create their own action plan to regulate themselves.
Community involvement has been identified as a protective factor supporting resilience development,[2]. This increases the likelihood of the child experiencing success and practicing their resilience skills in positive situations. An additional strategy is to encourage your child to tell their teachers and peers about their achievements at sport, music and dance concerts, volunteering, or fundraising efforts.
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