And take any parenting book published in the last decade — if the word ‘resilience’ is not in the title, it will most certainly feature in the sub-title. In response to questions about the secret to her success, Raducanu indicated it was in no small part due to her parent’s cultivation of her “mental strength”. “I don’t think there is enough awareness that the child-parent relationship is the single most important factor which nurtures resilience in children. Essentially, to a child, resilience means learning to cope with a manageable threat with a soothing and calming presence to support you. Parents shielding their children from any sort of challenge or pain provides less opportunity for children to build their resilience muscles.

Source: Irish Independent September 22, 2021 01:30 UTC