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Forging Resilience
Resilience is “the capacity to do well when faced with difficult
circumstances.”
Josi Salem Pickartz : strategies for parents who want to raise
resilient children
- 1.Teach and convey empathy.
- 2.Listen, learn and influence in order to communicate
effectively
- 3.To change your words of parenting, rewrite your negative
scripts.
- 4.Find ways to love your child that make them feel special
and appreciated.
- 5.Accept your children for who there are, and help them set
realistic expectations and goals.
- 6.Nurture islands of competence: every child must experience
success.
- 7.Mistakes are teachable moments.
- 8.Help your child develop responsibility, compassion and a
social conscience.
- 9.Teach and emphasize the importance of solving problems and
making choices and decisions.
- 10.Discipline in ways that promote self-discipline and
self-worth.
Outside the family circle it is beneficial for children to have good models, such as youth
leaders and teachers.
Besides fostering resilience in individuals and families the
following factors also play an important role in the success of
self-help groups:
- The experience of
empathy, care and respect
- Acquisition of knowledge (for example about human, social,
economic and political development)
- Application of skills and training (communication, problem
solving, team work,
Josi Salem Pickartz
* Psychologist – trainer – Founding member of Al Kubta Institute for
Human Development in Jordanie MMM member.
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