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Don’t Send Them In Defenseless

Jan 8, 2024

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Teaching resilience and emotional vaccination for kids is discussed as an essential way to prepare them for life's challenges. Strategies like emotional vaccination and the role of parental resilience are explored.

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Teaching resilience to children is essential to prepare them for the challenges they will face in life, both big and small.

Dr. Becky's concept of 'emotional vaccination' involves preparing children for upcoming events or situations that may trigger strong emotions, helping them develop the ability to handle adversity and process their feelings in a healthier way.

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Teaching Resilience

In this podcast episode, the importance of teaching resilience to children is emphasized. Parents can't prevent their kids from facing challenges in life, both big and small. Rather than trying to shield them from difficulties, the focus should be on teaching them resilience. This includes preparing children for situations that may bring up strong emotions and discussing potential outcomes in advance. By doing so, children can develop the ability to handle adversity and process their feelings in a healthier way.

Teaching Resilience and Emotional Vaccination for Kids

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Your kids are going to face stuff in life. Big stuff for sure–failing tests, being made fun of, getting fired, losing something important to them. We may wish we could prevent that from happening, but we can’t. We teach them resilience instead.

But our kids are also going to face little situations too. The TV is going to have to be turned off at some point, and they’re not going to like it. They’re going to have to get up early for school tomorrow. Their routines are going to change. They’re going to have to try new things. They’re going to be out of their comfort zone.

This is going to bring up strong emotions: Frustration. Fear. Anger. Annoyance. Sadness.

The answer to this is also resilience, but in a more specific way. Dr. Becky talks about this in her fantastic book Good Inside, referring to a strategy she calls “emotional vaccination.”

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