On Tuesday Liza and I attended a workshop hosted by Supporting Families Wanganui with Tricia Hendry from Skylight on "Supporting families/whanau effectively through difficult change and loss".
As we listened to Tricia we recognised that grief, trauma, loss and change are a normal part of life for most of us in differing degrees and complexities, and for each of us how we cope and survive is unique and personal to us.
As parents, when we are faced with a difficult time it's important to understand what it is that helps us through.
That special something is called resilience - the ability to bounce back. Here are tips from Barnardos to help understand the importance of resilience in children that will help them through those tough times.
Some people seem to be able to cope better than others when faced with a setback or other adversity. We all know someone who amazes us with his ability to survive illness, family tragedy or other crisis and come out of the situation a better, stronger person. Then there is the person who stays calm, takes charge, helps others cope, while those all around panic or go to pieces. It is not an either/or matter though. We all have it to some extent. As parents, however, we want our children to be as resilient as possible and there are things we can do to encourage it.
