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healthy kids now Tips for Raising Resilient Children
FALL 2021
Being a child can be tough. All children experience the ups and downs of daily life.You can’t always protect them, but you can help make your child stronger.This can help them respond to life’s challenges and grow to be stronger adults.
What Is Resilience?
Resilience isn’t just one thing or one part of a person. Here are the seven parts of resilience:
1. Competence — the feeling of
knowing you can handle a situation
2. Confidence — the belief in your
own abilities
3. Character — the development of
a solid set of morals and values
4. Coping — the ability to handle
stress effectively
5. Contribution — the knowledge
that the world is a better place
because you are in it
6. Control — the awareness that
you determine the outcomes of
your decisions
7. Connection — the sense of
security from close ties to family and community
How You Can Show Support
By teaching your child to bounce back after a difficult situation or time, you provide ways for them to cope with stress as they get older. Use the tips below to help build your child’s resilience:
• Lead by example. Children learn from how you handle difficult
situations. Let them see an “I can
do it” attitude.
• Help your child set goals.
Support your child’s goals that make sense.Teach children to work toward goals one step at a time.
• Build a strong connection together. Creating strong, loving connections will help ensure that your child has support in times of trouble.
• Highlight your child’s strengths.
Comment often on what your child does well. Point out when your child shows qualities such as kindness and good character.
Sources: American Academy of Pediatrics; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of Agriculture
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