NWH: The Resilience Project

09/02/2025

Registration now open!

01/08/2024

Calling all educators! Join us for our 8th Annual Educational Summit on Friday, March 8! FREE and in person! Register below to hold your spot!

https://www.nwh.org/psychiatry/child-and-adolescent-psychiatry/our-programs-and-services/educational-summit

09/20/2022

"When kids are anxious, it’s natural to want to help them feel better. But by trying to protect kids from the things that upset them, you can accidentally make anxiety worse. The best way to help kids overcome anxiety is to teach them to deal with anxiety as it comes up." 🌿

How to help a child with anxiety? We bring expert parenting advice on assisting children to escape the cycle of anxiety. Learn what to do and not to do, anxiety treatments, and behavioral modification techniques.

08/22/2022

Teaching coping thoughts is a wonderful way to support resilience building in our kids. 🌿

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08/18/2022

"What are the effects of praise? It depends. Praise can boost good feelings and increase motivation. It can inspire children to be more cooperative, persistent, and hard-working. But some kids bristle in response to praise, and even those who like praise can experience negative effects. Here’s how to make sure that praise helps — and doesn’t harm — our kids." 🌿

What are the effects of praise? It depends. Praise can boost good feelings and increase motivation. It can inspire children to be more cooperative,

08/16/2022

Crying is a healthy and necessary way for kids to express their feelings. By saying 'stop crying,' we send the message that their feelings are not important, not valid, silly, or annoying. Here are 10 things you can say instead - courtesy of The Gottman Institute 🌿

Crying is a healthy and necessary way for kids to express their feelings. By saying 'stop crying,' we send the message that their feelings are not important, not valid, silly, or annoying. Here are 10 things you can say instead:

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08/12/2022

"As fall approaches, new students will arrive on college campuses toting all kinds of things: luggage and school supplies, mini fridges and sports equipment. But in the midst of the preparation for move-in day, many have not considered what tools they will need to support themselves emotionally. In other words, what can they do to protect their mental health?" 🌿

Students should not wait until they are on campus to begin thinking about how to protect their emotional well-being, experts say.

07/31/2022

"We tend to idealize childhood as a carefree time, but youth alone offers no shield against the emotional hurts, challenges, and traumas many children face... Building resilience—the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress—can help our children manage stress and feelings of anxiety and uncertainty." 🌿

Children’s problems include adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates or abuse at home, but resilience is the ability to thrive despite these challenges.

07/15/2022

From the Center for Parent and Teen Communication: a reminder of the importance of modeling for the youth in our lives. 🌿

Dr. Aletha Akers talks about how important is to be a good role model not just on your best days, and how, as a parent, she personally tries to maintain that...

07/11/2022

"As parents, one of our greatest motivations is to protect our children from pain and suffering—in essence, from negative emotions. Nonetheless, despite our best efforts, our children will be disappointed, feel fear and pain, and have tremendous loss and grief. But this isn’t necessarily a bad thing." 🌿

When adults help children feel heard, it helps everyone feel less distressed and more calm.

07/08/2022

"Caring about others isn’t at all incompatible with achievement or happiness. But when young people are too focused on their own achievements and happiness, they’re more likely to put their own needs first in situations where their own interests and the interests of others collide." 🌿

We spoke with Dr. Richard Weissbourd about his work and how parents and teens can nurture empathy and bring more of it into their lives.

07/06/2022

"In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together." 🌿

In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.