Resilient Child

With so many “experts” touting different approaches to raising thriving children, how do you know which is the best one? Dr. Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, professor of public health at Loma Linda University and mom of three, had the same question. As a member of a community known worldwide for its health and longevity, often referred to as a Blue Zone, she decided to study the area’s many centenarians to find out what they - or their parents - did right in childhood to make them so resilient to stress, disease, and the adversities of life.

In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.

As school refusal, mental health struggles and social challenges in the playground continue to rise, trailblazing teacher Gavin McCormack is redefining what it means to receive a 'good education’. They say it takes a village to raise a child. Gavin’s transformative methods can be used by parents, carers and educators alike. He highlights the power of modelling positive behaviour and prioritising essential life skills over academic scores, helping children build resilience, develop emotional intelligence, and thrive beyond traditional measures of success.

9 Ways to a Resilient Child will help parents enable their children to cope with the challenges that life throws at us all. Discover why winners aren't always grinners, the problems with common advice like 'toughen up, princess', the negative impact of helicopter parenting and how praise can harm instead of help. Understand both the protective and the risk factors affecting resilience for better or for worse.

Many children today are growing up in the midst of adversity, whether family difficulties or larger societal crises. All children need to be able to deal with stress, cope with challenges, and persevere through disappointments. While we cannot protect children from all hardships, we can promote healthy development that fosters resilience.

While we can’t see the brain, it sends signals to us and those around us. Just as the colors of a traffic light send drivers a signal to go, slow down, or stop, our brains signal to our emotions and affect our behavior toward others. In Signals, Cherilyn Orr introduces a common language and imagery to help everyone manage their emotions. Rooted in neuroscience and the Bible, this approach has been used around the world because its spans across all cultural contexts.

Bringing up a child to be an authentic and mentally robust adult is one of life’s great challenges. It is also, fortunately, not a matter of luck. The Good Enough Parent is a compendium of life lessons, including how to say ‘no’ to a child you adore, how to look beneath the surface of ‘bad’ behavior to work out what might really be going on, how to encourage a child to be genuinely kind, and how to handle the moods and gloom of adolescence.

The Parenting Handbook helps parents develop deep and connected relationships with their children. The authors, child psychologists and moms with an immense social media following, give parents practical tools and strategies backed by the latest research in neuroscience and developmental psychology.

In this 10th-anniversary edition of Don't Alienate the Kids attorney, mediator, and therapist Bill Eddy shows listeners how to protect children from the harm of alienation and high-conflict divorce, boosting their resilience by teaching them to think flexibly, manage their emotions, and moderate their behaviors.

It is a jungle out there, where the strongest members prey on the weak-minded. It’s a jungle where you need resilience in order to survive and thrive. It’s a jungle that your children have to conquer. No, this is not your ordinary self-help, positive parenting, or educational psychology book. Frank Dixon, the author of this eye-opening guide on how to raise resilient kids, has created an easy-to-follow strategy for parents.

Did you know that children with secure attachments are far more likely to develop emotional intelligence, strong social skills, and a foundation of mental health that will support them throughout their lives? In fact, studies show that children who feel securely connected to their caregivers are better equipped to handle stress, build meaningful relationships, and succeed in both school and life.

Are you tired of yelling matches and feeling like you're losing control when your child acts out? Do you ever wish there was a pause button, so you could breathe and respond calmly to your child's outbursts? If so, "Anger Management for Parents with Kids 3-7" is the audiobook you need. This practical guide, grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), will equip you with essential skills to transform tantrums into teachable moments—even if you've tried everything else.

Is your child struggling with self-doubt, emotional outbursts, or anxiety? Do you want to raise a confident, resilient child who can handle life’s challenges with strength and independence? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out on your own. The Resilient Child Blueprint is your go-to guide for building emotional strength in kids, packed with practical, research-backed strategies for parents, caregivers, educators, and therapists.

How do we provide discipline that is effective but not overly harsh? How do we teach our kids to be resilient and manage their feelings when we have trouble managing our own? Drawing on their extensive knowledge of ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) and PACEs (protective childhood experiences), psychologists Morris and Hays Grudo describe a balanced parenting approach to help parents manage these tricky balancing acts with confidence.

When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember, let alone relate to, the little person we once were. But one of the most powerful explanations for why we may, as adults, be struggling, is that we were denied the opportunity to fully be ourselves in our earliest years. This book is a guide to better understanding our younger selves in order to shape who we wish to be in the future.

Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children’s challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are understandably focused on correcting or improving a child’s lack of compliance, emotional outbursts, tantrums, and other “out of control” behavior. But, as she has shared with these families, a perspective shift is needed. Behavior, no matter how challenging, is not the problem but a symptom; a clue about what is happening in a child’s unique physiologic makeup.

In a world filled with challenges, raising emotionally resilient children is more important than ever. The SleepTalk Method offers parents, educators, caregivers, along with a wide range of child-focused professionals, an insightful and practical approach to fostering resilience, confidence, and peace of mind in young people.

Do you find that you're constantly walking on eggshells, afraid of saying something that will upset your ex and cause them to use your children against you? Are you feeling weighed down by your narcissistic co-parent's manipulations? Worried about how all of this is affecting your children? While you cannot change your ex and rid them of their damaging tendencies, you can control your actions and protect your children. This guide will show you how. Inside, you’ll discover:

Healing Your Wounded Inner Child is a thoughtful and insightful guide designed to help you uncover the hidden roots of pain, fear, and insecurity stemming from childhood experiences. Whether you’ve endured neglect, abuse, or inherited trauma, this audiobook shows you the steps to help you break free from destructive patterns, overcome the fear of abandonment, and finally feel emotionally secure.

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