Why do we assume children are resilient?
Assuming children are resilient causes problems
In my work, one of the most frequent misconceptions I hear is that children are naturally resilient and simply bounce back from any challenges or difficulties. This causes a problem, because if we assume every child is starting from the same baseline of high resilience, parents and educators are missing essential opportunities to proactively develop children’s resilience.
Essential resilience facts
We have differing levels of natural resilience. Not every child is naturally resilient. Some children will be highly resilient, while others will have a lower level of resilience.
Resilience is not a fixed state. For everyone, children and adults, our resilience can increase or decrease depending on what’s happening around us and the level of adversity we face at any one time.
We can take action to increase resilience at any time. There are a number of helpful, practical strategies which have been proven in the research to boost resilience.
Keen to increase resilience?
If you’re interested in finding out how to boost your child’s resilience, or even increase your own resilience, please get in touch.