This is how to bolster your child's resilience

Welcome

🚀MEET ROCKET & GROOT 🦙

Most of the children I'm coaching or tutoring are keen to get involved with this rare breed zoo project! It'll be fun, creative, and a natural resilience boost. You can read more about it over in the free Facebook Group here

1 in 6 Kids

It was the creative and playful Sami Arts who shared with me that 1 in 6 children are now being referred for mental health and emotional support. I had it down as 1 in 8. I checked the facts out @mentalhealthfoundation

I knitted this information into my "Happy Kids What's Resilience Got To Do With It" talk in the @sweatbandactive tent at Burpham Wellbeing Festival. Plus my frustrations with the education system, the stress-inducing and unnecessary catch-up culture, and ongoing erosion of creativity and play.

1 in 6!!

I also spoke about ways we can bolster our kids mental health and well-being with my 3Vs resilience framework.

By the way, where is your resilience hanging out today?

Close your eyes, breathe and connect with it now.

Mine is lingering with the wonderful connections and friendships created at this community event here in Guildford, UK. More pics and updates over on the Resilient_Kids Instagram page too.

Dad of two, Niall, attended one of my virtual "Resilient Parents, Resilient KIds" sessions during lockdown. We've since collaborated and facilitated a number of projects together. Recently, he also invited me to speak about Resilient Kids at the Peer Space. You may like to read more about this and watch the talk in the blog link just below.

Meanings Over Milestones

We’ve all got a book inside of us haven’t we, maybe a message for our kids, even the world?

This month, a book I contributed to reached number 1 across 8 categories on Amazon.

You can read all about the book in this link

In the picture above, I'm pretending to read our number one best-selling book at a business event, shortly before my deckchair collapsed.

In The News

‘Let them be kids!’ Is ‘free-range’ parenting the key to healthier, happier children? | Parents and parenting | The Guardian

Now more than ever, children are cooped up indoors and monitored 24/7. But how can they build confidence and social skills if adults never let them out of their sight?

Peppa Pig, a Pandemic Favorite, Has American Children Acting British - WSJ

After binge-watching the British cartoon about a preschooler pig during lockdowns, children across the U.S. are surprising their parents with their unusual vocabularies and distinct accents. ‘Can we turn the telly on?’

Marcus Rashford: Every child deserves the best chance in life, and here is how health professionals can help - The BMJ

The Wisdom of Children

How every child can Thrive By Five

"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of play on lifelong learning, behavior and well-being, sharing effective strategies to help all kids thrive by the age of five. She's joined onstage by one-year-old Ari and his dad, Amarjot, who help illustrate her big ideas about brain science.

Tips For Raising Resilient Kids

A therapist says the most mentally strong kids always do these 7 things

Resilient Parents, Resilient Kids

A nourishing forest immersion experience with Kirsty

Mum of 3 Kirsty and I also met during lockdown. We finally got to meet when she invited me to assist with one of her wonderful "Woodland Spirit" sessions for Primary Aged Kids in Reigate, Surrey, UK. We'll be putting one on together in Guildford, UK soon too.

More info and dates to follow over n the Resilient Kids Facebook Group

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

Dr Gabor Maté, Gordon Neufeld, Daniel Maté, Penguin Audio

Things You Might Find Interesting

Jeanette Winterson: ‘The male push is to discard the planet: all the boys are going off into space’ | Jeanette Winterson | The Guardian

The writer’s new essay collection covers 200 years of women and science. She discusses burning books and the ensuing Twitter storm, the end of her marriage, and why a move into politics could be next

How to make a worry box: a guide for parents

Composition 8 | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation

Visit the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Guggenheim Museum in NYC, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the renowned permanent collection and special exhibitions.

Resilient Grandads

Is Education Upside Down?

"Pour on love and approval and cheer for them. Let the child be what the child wants to be" A random dialogue with Dr Nick Heap...

Resilient Mums

"I got so much out of this issue. Thank you, @kids_resilient I was intrigued by your 3Vs and inspired by the Celebrating Uniqueness parent cue. Thanks so much!"

And to you too Dee for this lovely Resilient Kids Issue 6 Review over on Twitter.

New mum, 48, says 'I might be mistaken for granny but I don't care' - Hull Live

'More women are having babies later and why shouldn’t they?'

Resilient Grans

Mrs Valerie Wood-Gaiger MBE "Learn With Grandma"

Val is a mum of 5, Grandma and Great Grandma to 14. Her mission is "Helping to break down the digital age gap by sharing skills; love & knowledge across the generations". This month, we caught up for a chat and recorded it on Youtube. You will find us in the link below.

My Grandma ! Roblox Obby Cookie Swirl C - YouTube

I'm going to my grandma's house today! Ahh where is my grandma? I have to do the obstacle course in her house to find her! I hope you enjoy this Roblox obby!...

And Finally

Did you have a teacher or tutor that made a difference in your life?

Have you ever said thank you?

Recently I caught up with the mum of a child I taught and tutored almost 20 years ago. She shared this with me and encouraged me to use it on my website.

What a difference it made to me too, with gratitude to this wonderful family. What a wonderful resilience boost.