Bounce: Help Your Child Build Resilience and Thrive In School, Sports and Life

Show Guest: Dr. Kate Lund

While we might like to think that childhood is all fun and games, the truth is, it isn’t exactly stress-free. Kids have to learn to overcome obstacles even as toddlers, take tests when they’re older, learn new information, change schools and neighborhoods if there’s a move, deal with bullies, and make new friends. Bounce: Help Your Child Build Resilience and Thrive in School, Sports and Life presents the author's vision of the seven pillars of the resilient child during the elementary school years, along with specific strategies for bolstering the resilience of your own child or the children you work with. The Pillars of the Resilient child presented in this book include: Tolerating frustration and managing emotions; Navigating friendships and social pressures; sustaining focus on a single task and a larger goal; developing courage; Building motivation; Building confidence; and Creating optimism. Resilience is so important because it is what helps children bounce back from challenge and move forward despite the challenge.