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One of the best things we can do for our kids is help them build their own resilience, so they can handle whatever life throws their way. Here you’ll find others who are working to do just that.

Raising Resilient Kids

“I never take a single day with him being healthy for granted.”

By Jodi Baxter

Raising Resilient Kids

“Since then I’ve thought of Penelope as ‘he.’...It was the best thing I could have done.”

By Jodie Patterson

Raising Resilient Kids

“Our first challenge was to protect her, to let her know that she was valued. And heard. And believed.”

By Susan Guess

Raising Resilient Kids

“Walking alongside a child who is grieving is unlike anything else.”

By Ila Rosengarten

Raising Resilient Kids

“I have decided that the best act of service to myself, the children, and Linda, is to choose a life of meaning and happiness.”

By Gareth Jones

Incarceration

“I witnessed the creation of 500 pounds of happiness before my very eyes at San Quentin State Prison.”

Raising Resilient Kids

“Raising resilient children is foremost about learning resilience yourself.”

Grief & Loss

“We’ve turned the typical bucket list into a “f*cket list” and do things we would’ve otherwise passed on before.”

Grief & Loss

“Trouble was created by an innocent child who had experienced profound loss.”

Raising Resilient Kids

But you never let the heavy load you were carrying crush you. Instead every day you grew stronger. Every day brave and resilient.

Raising Resilient Kids

“I can’t imagine getting through this without her. Even when I feel hopeless, I draw on her strength to keep going.”

Grief & Loss

“I have found and am embracing my Option B, and I believe that everyone else can, too.”

Raising Resilient Kids

“We decided he would be a boy with Type 1 diabetes, not a diabetic.”

Raising Resilient Kids

“I took on the deep-rooted belief that his condition would not define him; rather, he would define himself.”

Raising Resilient Kids

Helping kids build resilience

“I never take a single day with him being healthy for granted.”

“Since then I’ve thought of Penelope as ‘he.’...It was the best thing I could have done.”

“Our first challenge was to protect her, to let her know that she was valued. And heard. And believed.”

“Walking alongside a child who is grieving is unlike anything else.”

“I have decided that the best act of service to myself, the children, and Linda, is to choose a life of meaning and happiness.”

“I witnessed the creation of 500 pounds of happiness before my very eyes at San Quentin State Prison.”

“Raising resilient children is foremost about learning resilience yourself.”

“We’ve turned the typical bucket list into a “f*cket list” and do things we would’ve otherwise passed on before.”

“Trouble was created by an innocent child who had experienced profound loss.”

But you never let the heavy load you were carrying crush you. Instead every day you grew stronger. Every day brave and resilient.

“I can’t imagine getting through this without her. Even when I feel hopeless, I draw on her strength to keep going.”

“I have found and am embracing my Option B, and I believe that everyone else can, too.”

“We decided he would be a boy with Type 1 diabetes, not a diabetic.”

“I took on the deep-rooted belief that his condition would not define him; rather, he would define himself.”

“Raising Olivia is nowhere near as hard as I imagined; the biggest thing that has changed is my capacity to love.”

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Which of these is most relevant to the challenges they're facing?

Helping kids build resilience

“I never take a single day with him being healthy for granted.”

“Since then I’ve thought of Penelope as ‘he.’...It was the best thing I could have done.”

“Our first challenge was to protect her, to let her know that she was valued. And heard. And believed.”

“Walking alongside a child who is grieving is unlike anything else.”

“I have decided that the best act of service to myself, the children, and Linda, is to choose a life of meaning and happiness.”

“I witnessed the creation of 500 pounds of happiness before my very eyes at San Quentin State Prison.”

“Raising resilient children is foremost about learning resilience yourself.”

“We’ve turned the typical bucket list into a “f*cket list” and do things we would’ve otherwise passed on before.”

“Trouble was created by an innocent child who had experienced profound loss.”

But you never let the heavy load you were carrying crush you. Instead every day you grew stronger. Every day brave and resilient.

“I can’t imagine getting through this without her. Even when I feel hopeless, I draw on her strength to keep going.”

“I have found and am embracing my Option B, and I believe that everyone else can, too.”

“We decided he would be a boy with Type 1 diabetes, not a diabetic.”

“I took on the deep-rooted belief that his condition would not define him; rather, he would define himself.”

“Raising Olivia is nowhere near as hard as I imagined; the biggest thing that has changed is my capacity to love.”

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