Title: Resilience in Children and Resilience Factors
Headings: Resilience in Children and Resilience Factors
Resilience in Children and Resilience Factors
Table of Contents
What Is Resilience
Resilience Factors
Family Factors:
Individual Factors:
Community Factors:
4 Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience In Children
1. Provide Warm, Responsive, Supportive Parenting
2. Teach Problem-Solving and Coping Skills
3. Work Towards a Healthy, Stable Environment
4. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Resilience Theory: It’s a Process
Final Thoughts on Resilience in Children
References

Content: In fact, children need stress to build up tolerance. Gradual exposure to stress – at manageable levels – can actually help them develop coping strategies to become resilient. Psychologists call this eustress or positive stress because it can promote growth in coping skills. But there’s one key caveat: The help of a supportive adult is critical in managing stress and thereby turning stress exposure into resilience builder. Related: Resiliency – Strategies to Rewire an Adult Brain
Resilience Theory: It’s a Process
Stories abound of people who’ve overcome great adversity or recovered from horrific experiences, only to thrive and prosper. It would be easy to imagine that it takes something extraordinary to thrive against the odds. But in reality, what we need to develop resilience is as simple and ordinary as everyday connections and support.