How to Raise a Resilient Kid
These Expert-Recommended Tips Will Ensure Your Kid Grows Up to Be Resilient AF
Model Resilience to Help Foster Your Child's
The saying "no risk, no reward" is true when it comes to personal growth. If you're not challenging yourself, it's nearly impossible to learn. And one of the best ways to instill a sense of resilience in your kid is by modeling it in your daily life as their parent.
"The surest path to fostering resilient kids is for them to watch their parents model it in action. Kids should watch their parents take appropriate growth-producing risks, crashing and burning, feeling that pain, and seeing them shake it off by framing those losses as the price you pay for eventual success."
Teaching your children how to identify their feelings without letting their decisions be completely dominated by them is also critical.
"Parents should narrate their feelings of fear and loss . . . they shouldn't believe their dad never gets scared," Bradley explained. "But Dad should then show their kids that he doesn't let the fact that he's scared of failure get the best of him or control the decisions he makes in his life."
