Teaching kids to cope when things get tough is a vital life skill. Perseverance helps children to mature into emotionally-healthy, responsible adults. This “can-do” attitude helps them respond maturely to life’s disappointments, setbacks and challenges. Here...
One of the most difficult things for any human being to accomplish is perseverance. The ability to keep going, even when things get tough, doesn’t tend to come naturally to most of us. However, there are ways that you can teach your kids...
Children with high self-esteem tend to do better academically, are happier, and have higher frustration tolerance. Helping kids foster a growth mindset is one of the greatest gifts you can give to a child. Here are six tips for raising a confident child. 1....
Have you ever seen the movie ‘Finding Nemo’? It’s an absolute favourite in our house and for good reason! Dory is my favourite character. She is a bonafide super-hero! ‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!’ – what a spark plug! She NEVER gives up! She never...
Ask any successful person how they achieved their goals and they’ll tell you perseverance! No matter what, they never gave up. Nobody ever says being a math whiz skyrocketed them to their life-long goals instantaneously. Or because they eat a lot of pizza, they became...
Children are not born with resilience. It’s up to the good ol’ parental unit to teach them all they need to know about how to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and make lemonade out of lemons. Not only lemonade…but lemon meringue! And lemon drops! And lemon...