Raising Resilience: How to Help Our Children Thrive in Times of Uncertainty

USA Today BestsellerForeword by Amy SchumerChild development expert and author of How Toddlers Thrive, Dr. Tovah Klein gives parents the practical parenting skills and confidence they need to help children and teens build resilience and flourish in an unpredictable world.Whether its national or global events affecting our sense of safety or stressors in our daytoday lives, we are constantly confronted with situations that threaten the wellbeing of our children. Thankfully, there is good news that has not yet been reflected in the headlines: we can mitigate the effect of such rampant uncertainty by guiding our children to manage adversity, improve their emotional regulation, and become more resilient. The key is parental involvement.Raising Resilience is a lifeline for every family contending with lifes many stresses and traumasfrom the most commonplace to the most devastatingincluding peer conflicts, divorce, family tensions, death, moving, academic struggles, and larger personal and national events. Through her years of experience and deep knowledge of child psychology, developmental psychologist Dr. Tovah Klein offers parents and caregivers five specific resources that children can develop, enabling them to face adversity, adjust, and thrive where they might otherwise falter or break down under pressure.Dr. Klein has devoted her professional life to helping children flourish by supporting them to build the inner tools to deal with devastating events and everyday stressors. Using clinical data and building on evidencebased interventions to offset and heal from traumatic events, she shares a fivepoint plan with actionable strategies, illustrative stories, and conversation prompts so parents can guide their children to become resourceful, adaptive, and able to grow and flourish now and into the future.Wise and hopeful, this essential guide empowers parents and caregivers with practical guidance for instilling in their children the emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and social knowhow they need to manage lifes challenges and create a lasting capacity for meaningful, happy lives. Accessible, compassionate, and authoritative, Raising Resilience is a timely resource that shows parents how they can confidently build strong relationships with their children, foster a secure attachment parenting foundation, and raise them to be motivated, selfassured, and kindall of which are qualities desperately needed in our everchanging world.Dr. Kleins evidencebased approach provides a fivepoint plan to help your family thrive: Building Resilience: Learn the five pillars every child needs to face adversityfrom peer conflicts to global uncertaintyand flourish. Actionable Strategies: Put research into practice with illustrative stories, conversation prompts, and practical ways to be your childs anchor in any storm. Child Development Insights: Understand the psychology behind your childs behavior and how the parentchild relationship creates a protective effect against lasting harm. Confident Parenting: Move past your own fears and worries to become the steady, attuned parent your child needs to grow into a resourceful and selfassured person.