Recent research suggests that by using mentalizing and constructive lawyering strategies, lawyers working with families in separation can help parents build resilience for themselves and their children (including babies), and can help parents think and reflect about, rather than react to, the situation...
Resilience is derived from the ways children learn to think and act when faced with obstacles large and small. The road to resilience comes first and foremost from children’s supportive relationships with parents, teachers, and other caring adults. These relationships become sources of strength when...
As parents and supporters, our instinct is often to step in and protect our children from falling or failing—to solve their problems for them. Yet, we can’t shield them from every challenge. In my previous post, “Help Children Build Resilience by Supporting, Not Rescuing,”...
Did you know that resilience is a learned trait? That means that at any point in a persons life, they can learn to be more resilient. As parents, it is our job to be proactive in building resilience in children. The people who we go through the hardest experiences with, are many times...
but but their effects are particularly important in building resilience that can act as a buffer for trauma that occurs anytime in life. If a child demonstrates interest in something or makes an attempt to interact with an adult, the way the adult responds is critical. When we respond positiv...
The Parents’ Practical Guide to Resilience for Children… Author:Jeanette Purkis and… Happiness and Well-Being on the Autism Spectrum E-Book Author:Maureen Bennie Understanding and Supporting Children with ASD for a… Author: Developing Resilience in Young People with Autism using… ...
The encouraging news is that one’s ability to healthily cope with stress can be strengthened at any point in time. That said, it’s best to start early! One of the best things that parents can do is to model resilience. Children learn how to cope by observing adults. When faced with...
How does it work? Building resilience alters our belief about an adverse event or circumstance which will, in turn, improve the consequence from the adversity. Thus, how we react will change even if the adverse event cannot be changed. ...
Fostering closeness and warmth in relationships will enhance resilience. Find joy in day to day tasks: Household chores should not become a one person’s burden instead it is time for everyone to come together and share the responsibilities of household tasks. As parents, model equal participation...
Reflective Parenting with Teenagers in Mind, she advocates for reflective parenting – which involves trying to understand what goes on in the teenage brain – as essential for building resilience and security in young people, to navigate through the storm and stress of adolescence. ...