Tag resilience
Trash, Truth, Treasure: How to React When Someone Says Hurtful Things
The concept of "Trash, Truth, Treasure"
The Science Behind Building Unshakeable Kids | Ep. 216
Dr. Nicole Wilke is back in this episode to explore another layer of building resilience in kidsโaffirming character development. Dr. Wilke shares practical wisdom on speaking healing words to our children and fostering resilience through appropriate levels of challenge andโฆ
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Know a Child Who Gives Up Easily? Teach Them the Source of Resilience
โItโs too hard!โ โI canโt do it!โ โIโll never be good at it!โ โI give up!โ You may have heard words like these as you watch when your child gives up easily. You wince because you donโt want your childโฆ
Resilient Children Are Raised, Not Born | Ep. 200
Join us for a powerful conversation with Jim and Lynne Jackson about raising resilient children. They encourage you to focus on the process and long-term perspective of building character and identity rather than focusing on the result of the taskโฆ
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How to Help Kids See God in Nature | Ep. 134
Letโs get outside! No matter where you live (we have listeners all over the world!), getting outside is so good for so many reasonsโfor us and our kids. Sometimes getting outside means facing some challenges as wellโpoor weather, pesky insects,โฆ
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Practical Tips To Turn Uncontrolled Emotional Outbursts Into Big Wins
Your child is struggling. Again. They are frustrated and unload their stress on everyone around them in an uncontrolled emotional outburst. It might be a classic toddler tantrum or an older child stuck in explosive patterns. How can you turnโฆ
Top Ten Connected Families Blog Posts of 2022
Each year, itโs fun to look back and see which of our blog posts seem to have had the biggest impact on the parents coming to our website. Without further ado, here are (in no particular order) the TOP 10โฆ
3 Ways To Help When Your Child Refuses To Do Schoolwork
What can you do when your child refuses to do schoolwork? For a variety of reasons, kids sometimes (or often!) are unmotivated to do what needs to be done. You know the importance of schoolwork, so it can feel frustratingโฆ
Teaching Your Child to Navigate “Mean” Kidsย | Ep. 97
โHe called me stupid!โ โShe said she doesnโt want to play with me!โ Itโs so hard when your child comes to you feeling hurt by someone elseโs words. Words matter. And they hurt! You want to comfort your kids andโฆ
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What to Do When Your Child Has a Hard Time Losing
Resilience and respect: Learning to โwin at losing"