Supporting Resilience in Children

08/14/2015

Supporting Resilience in Children

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.
Maya Angelou

"Resilience is the ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change, bounce back, and overcome the odds," write Nefertiti Bruce and Karen Cairone, in Socially Strong and Emotionally Secure." They describe these protective factors that help strengthen resilience in young children...

Attachment: "The mutual, strong, long-lasting relationships between a child and significant adults...The attachment bonds that children form in these early years often predict the quality of relationships they will have throughout life...

Initiative: "The child's ability to use independent thought and action to meet his or her needs....Strong initiative in the early years prepares children to safely, actively, and eagerly explore their worlds...

Self-control: "The child's ability to experience a range of feelings and express them using the words and actions that society considers appropriate....Children with healthy self-control in the preschool years typically have strong interpersonal qualities such as self-confidence and self-esteem."

Note: Join Karen Cairone and Barbara Kaiser in a free 1-Hour Webinar on "Facing the Challenge: Working with Preschool Children with Challenging Behavior" on August 18.

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