Today I was reviewing some of my notes from Gallup’s Strengths Based Parenting book by Mary Reckmeyer. I was looking through these notes hoping to find a fresh perspective to help with a dilemma I’m facing in my role as a sports dad who also coaches my kids. No matter how much I try to […]
No child is naturally resilient. In addition, just because a child is born in a situation that requires facing many difficult challenges doesn’t mean they will naturally become resilient either. Resilience is a mental muscle. Therefore, just like a physical muscle, the lack of deliberate strength training will leave that muscle underdeveloped. In addition, exercising […]
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published a study on how children persist in the face of challenges. The authors of the research worked with 520 children ages 4 and 5 years old. The goal of the research was to examine how adult role models impact a child’s […]