Teaching Resilience To Children

Behaviour Analysts highlight that it is important in terms of child behaviour, for parents to not always let their child win. When playing games in the home environment, this can lead to sibling rivalry, & often times parents will tell the older child to let the younger child win, or the parent will pretend that the child won every game that they played with their parent.

However, studies in the field of Behaviour Analysis have found that when parenting, it is best for parents to teach their child that they won’t always win/come first/things won’t always turn out the way their child wants them to, but that it’s ok, that there is no need for it to lead to behaviour challenges such as tantrums or reacting badly with negative attention-seeking behaviour – But instead, teach the child that they can learn from it & try again next time. This is an important element of life to learn in the home environment at a young age, in order to best prepare them for other environments such as preschool, school, & in their adult life.

Behaviour Therapists point out, that if parents don’t teach their child that they won’t win every time, but instead accommodate their child each time – then when their child is older & doesn’t have their Mum/Dad to provide this safety net for them, but instead have to face reality when they don’t get the result they are looking for/don’t come first/don’t get what they want – They will find it a lot more difficult to accept/cope with & as a result it is likely that they will feel hard done by, quit easier, react badly, have difficulty managing anger, etc.

Child Therapists highlight that teaching children this, sets them up in a way that gives them resilience & coping skills that stand to them throughout their life.