In this video (below), I address how to foster resilience in children.

Resilience is an essential life skill, yet it is hard to give child the opportunity to learn it. As a parent or an educator, our instinct is often to shield children from failure or struggle. We hope to prevent them from taking the same missteps we took.

But does this protection do more harm than good? We learn more from our failures than we do from our successes, so are we robbing children of important life lessons when we try to “fix” things for them?

I share my thoughts on the role of failure and how to foster resilience in this week’s video message below.

Video Message from Maria

Now, I want to hear from you. How do you feel about this new way of reacting to your child or student’s struggles? How are you teaching them to be resilient already?

Let’s continue the conversation in the comments.