Raising Resilient Children

Summary This article illustrates five simple tactics parents can take in order to raise their children to grow up to be emotionally stable. These consist of merely involving the child in family situations, but not overwhelming them with undesirable ones, developing their problem-solving skills, being cautious to not be negative, especially around the children, and making sure that the children know that what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. In order to experience the rainbow, you have to experience the rain before, and this article basically states this saying. Another point the article makes is that by raising resilient children, they tend to be more self-efficient, resulting in future success as a teenager and an adult(Wade).
Relation to Textbook There is a section in the textbook titled “The Wellsprings of Resilience”. It states children who have been beaten, neglected, or constantly subjected to verbal or physical abuse by their parents are more likely than other children to have emotional problems, become delinquent and violent, commit crimes, drop out of school, develop mental disorders such as depression, and develop chronic stress-related illnesses. It goes on to conclude that most children are surprisingly resilient, eventually overcoming drastic effects of having an abusive parent or even being sexually molested. These situations are extremely devastating, but don’t happen in everyone’s life, but if a child was molested, even they can heal from that wound by being rescued by love. The book emphasizes the most significant reason for the resilience of children, is that we are all constantly interpreting our experiences. Whether we want to remain prisoners of childhood, or be enlightened by the possibilities of adulthood, is a choice that is vital. Child development research
RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN 3 does suggest certain overall guidelines to help parents teach children to be confident, considerate, and helpful: set high