Ben Sasse Quotes

Kids are resilient. My kids are resilient.

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

Kids are mostly very resilient.

I will encourage my kids in everything that life has to offer.

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.

When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence.

A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.

The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.

I think part of being human is learning to roll with the punches, to deal with any kind of personal or professional disaster that might crop up. You have to learn to deal with that stuff or not survive.

Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a road map for how to handle painful emotions.

Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own.

[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves later on. (from the introduction)

Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

Children build self-esteem by doing things that are hard and learning what works.

A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to him and resolves to dance his way through a dull routine of textbooks.

If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuable lesson in patience and understanding... and snatch an opportunity to shape character.

Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.

I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.