{"id":15038,"date":"2015-10-26T16:49:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2015-10-26T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:49:18","slug":"how-do-i-help-my-child-be-resilient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/how-do-i-help-my-child-be-resilient\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Help My Child Be Resilient?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a “resilient kid” means depends on who\u2019s using the term and how they\u2019re using it. In the best, most accurate use of the word, it means a child who has good adaptive capacities to process various experiences, even difficult ones, and continue to thrive. Resiliency is an important quality for later success in all areas of life, and in our opinion, one of the best things to build into a child.<\/p>\n

In the not-so-good use of the term, it means that \u201cmy child will be fine no matter what I choose to drag her through.\u201d It\u2019s used as an excuse to not have to make sacrifices for the child\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s assume that the goal is to help children become as resilient as possible and also to strive to not put them through harmful or depriving experiences where superhuman resilience is required.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s focus on a few factors for building resilience in children:<\/p>\n

First is a child\u2019s attachment quotient, occurring when a child feels loved and secure in her primary bonds and develops a strong\u00a0foundation for personality. This will enable her to go through many trials and still feel strong inside.<\/p>\n

An attachment quotient is built through meeting the child\u2019s needs early in life, displaying continuity, being nurturing and not disappearing. In short, consistency. This in turn builds the ability to trust others \u2014 a trait needed to weather whatever changes and storms life may bring when resilience is needed. It literally builds\u00a0brains.<\/p>\n

Second is the ability to be independent, assertive and strong. Children who are encouraged to go into new situations will learn to cope with and negotiate these new environments and adapt. They\u2019ll build self-confidence helping them figure out what other new environments require from them. Training kids early on to solve their own problems, to make choices and to seek what they need is key to building resilience.<\/p>\n

Third is their ability to create structure and order for themselves. This develops by providing a lot of structure and boundaries for them early in life and requiring them to do the same for themselves. An ordered day and schedule, along with the requirement to order their own world for themselves, builds internal order and security. Cleaning their rooms, picking up and organizing their things and helping with chores gives kids a feeling they can create structure in a chaotic situation when needed later.<\/p>\n

Fourth is how they look at failures, mistakes, messes and the like. Resiliency requires the ability to not overreact to mistakes made by one\u2019s self or others and to solve problems instead of getting angry, critical and over-reactive. It\u2019s essential to build into your child the ability to not get overworked at problems, but to solve them. It begins with the way you<\/i> respond to mistakes, failures, disobedience and problems. If you don\u2019t overreact or use anger, but respond with calm problem-solving techniques, your child is more likely to do the same.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, psychologists, leadership coaches and the \u00adauthors of many books, selling over 5 million copies, including <\/i>Raising Great Kids, <\/i>Boundaries, <\/i>Boundaries with Kids and <\/i>Mom Factor \u2014 as well as\u00a0the\u00a0hosts of the syndicated national radio program \u201cNew Life Live.\u201d <\/i>Want more?<\/i><\/b> You can experience the wit, wisdom and \u00adunderstanding of Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend through the Solutions Audio Club. Each month you\u2019ll \u00adreceive four \u00adexceptional audio recordings by the \u00addoctors, mailed to your home. Their biblical solutions for relationships and life\u2019s challenges will help you invest in the future of those you love, so enroll today! For more information or for a \u00adcomplete list of their \u00adextensive \u00adresources and speaking \u00adengagements, call\u00a0(800) 676-HOPE or visit their website at cloudtownsend.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a “resilient kid” means depends on who\u2019s using the term and how they\u2019re using it. In the best, most accurate use of the word, it means a child who has good adaptive capacities to process various experiences, even difficult ones, and continue to thrive. Resiliency is an important quality for later success in all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":1746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}