With the focus on Growth Mindset and Emotional Resilience this academic year, it may be helpful to consider how we can promote and support this at home too, as parents and carers.
It is particularly reassuring to know that the more we build this empathetically and consistently, in our young children, the better equipped they are to deal with the considerable challenges of life as adolescents, and into adulthood.
https://www.mindsetworks.com/parents/growth-mindset-parenting
The strongest resilience comes through strong attachment with caregivers (this can include staff in Nursery and School etc) from birth through key years as children develop. It also affects teen years (which seem to start earlier and earlier given influences around), so this article may be interesting too.
Raising Children with Confidence.
http://growingconfidence.org/parents-carers
This is a seven session course which aims to give all parents and carers the chance to explore emotional health and wellbeing and consider how they can best promote it in themselves and their children. Drawing on the latest research it helps explain why parents’ actions make a difference to their children’s emotional wellbeing and future positive mental health. This programme is suitable for parents and carers of children aged 0-11yrs. Courses are held each term throughout the city in primary schools and community venues. Raising Children with Confidence is part of the Growing Confidence project.
http://growingconfidence.org/ Also has information around a suite of training courses designed and first implemented in Edinburgh.
Raising Children with Confidence (RCWC) – for parents and carers of children aged 0 – 10 years.
Confident Staff, Confident Children (CSCC) – for multi-agency practitioners (i.e. professionals working with children in early years, educational and community settings).
Raising Teens with Confidence (RTWC) – for parents and carers of young people aged 11 – 16 years.
Teenage Brains and Behaviour Series (TBBS)– for multi-agency practitioners (i.e. professionals working with young people in educational and community settings).
Cool, Calm and Connected (CCC) – for young people aged 11 – 16 years (used as part of PSE curriculum)