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Ear Infections Coping skills coping skills (resilience) Helping children build inner strength to cope with the ‘ups and downs’ of growing up is one of the best things parents can do. Having the confidence and skills to face, overcome or even be strengthened by hardship is a powerful thing to teach them. Researchers have looked at what helps some people to manage difficult times when others dont cope well. This topic looks at the things that can be stressful for children, because the first step towards coping is to try to protect children from major stresses where possible. It also looks at the things that we know will help build all childrens strengths – whether they have big stresses or not. What is resilience? Resilience is a persons ability to cope with living in spite of stresses. Its about coping with problems, and building strengths that protect and promote well- being. If children have a lot of adverse things happening in their lives there will always be some effect on their well-being, but we now know much more about the things that will help protect them. In any group of children who have faced big challenges or problems, there are some who grow up able to cope with living and caring for themselves and others who have long term difficulties. We cannot always prevent things going wrong for our children, but we can help them build strengths so that they are more able to successfully face challenges and setbacks. Some people not only face and overcome a difficult situation; they can even be strengthened by it. What children need to build resilience Resilience is built on three main building blocks: I CAN...make a difference. I can: talk to others about things that frighten or bother me find someone to help me when I need it find ways to solve problems control myself when needed. I