BUILDING
RESILIENCE
IN YOUNG PEOPLE
By Adam Voight
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here are some crucial traps that we fall into when it comes to fostering resilience in our kids – and the main one is that merely knowing what resilience is, not what will make them resilient. You can certainly know what resilience is - and this also applies to other quality such as empathy, responsibility or kindness – without making it a habit of our lives or our go-to way of operating.
Resilient is something we become rather than something we discover. And there are some simple ways that parents can prepare their teenager for the academic challenge ahead. So, here’s four ways that you can help your child build and deploy resilience. continued next page...
30 Peninsula Kids – Autumn 2021