The day after disappointment is a precarious day. It’s one of the days where you must be careful not to do and say things you might regret in the long run. Knee jerk reactions and overreactions to the events of the past day are hard to avoid. The best thing to do is file these […]
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 […]