The pandemic has been tough on kids. Try these 7 tips to build their resilience
As a school counsellor, I know that parents of kids who have been struggling during the pandemic feel powerless and worry about long-term emotional fallout. Although caregivers can't always alter children's circumstances or shield them from discomfort, they can offer a more enduring gift: tools to manage adversity. "Resilience works like a muscle we can build through effort and repetition, and we want to keep our muscles strong and flexible, so we can think of many ways to solve a problem," says Mary Alvord, co-author of "Resilience Builder Program for Children and Adolescents." "At the core,...
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