Raise Behavioral Health

~ Raising Resilient Kids ~
Many parents ask me how to help their child believe in themselves and be motivated to get through challenges
Here are a few things to try to up your kiddos resilience:
1. Acknowledge something and validate something as hard, and then remind them they can do hard things and give an example of a time they overcame a challenge
2. Model a good and healthy work ethic for your children! saying things like “this is hard, because I want to watch TV, but I am going to clean the living room first, then take a rest!
3. make sure that you do your best to not tell your children that something is to hard for them so they can’t do it. Like even pouring milk, instead say something like “lets work on doing it together so you can do it by yourself soon!”

How to: Parent to build self-esteem
Parenting to build self-esteem is a huge part in helping our children to grow up to be happy and mentally healthy.
a tip for doing this, is instead of saying something like “you better not make bad choices today and hut another kid at school”
say: “ I know you are such a great kid and I know you will make good choices today at school and keep your hands to yourself, I love you so much, we are going to make it a great day and do our best!”
Showing your child you believe they will make good choices instead of doubting there abilities (especially after you probs went over it for 3 hours last night) is a better way to parent to build self-esteem!

The idea is to shift from asking “How can I get these kids to do what I tell them?” to “What do these kids need? How can I help them to meet those needs?” Alfie Kohn