As children begin to understand hard concepts, difficult situations and scenarios they’ve not navigated before, resilience is built up naturally. This means that parents should be able to adopt a series of training exercises to keep children engaged, focused and keen problem solvers. To help with this we sought the advice of this school that provides one year GCSE programmes to provide key tips and tricks towards nurturing resilience in your child.
Try to not give your child every want and need
There has to be a limit when it comes to nurturing your child’s skills. Saying yes to their every request will not train them properly for future changes, and it means that your child would be more likely to avoid responsibilities and problems. Give your child the chance to learn about acceptance and understanding feelings that they themselves can navigate instead of agreeing to manage their problems for them if you want to raise a resilient child.
Avoid eliminating every risk
A child will never learn how to develop their own skills if they’re not posed with many risks. Where there’s a problem found, ask your child to see what they can do about the situation in their own way. You can even role play solving problems together to slowly ease them into managing issues for themselves.
Try not to provide every answer
Your child is more than welcome to make their own decisions on what problems they face. You can point them in the right direction, but it’s not integral that you provide an answer to every question. Sometimes it’s a good opportunity for your child to figure it out for themselves.
Let your child make mistakes
It would be almost impossible to raise perfect children that make no mistakes. Part of growing up and understanding the world is through making mistakes and learning from them. If there are issues that arise, see how your child reacts when they make a mistake and how you can help them through it.
If you have any tips you’re happy to share on how to raise a resilient child then we would love to hear them
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