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Florida First Lady Backs Teaching Children ‘Resilience’
'We're excited to reframe the way we approach mental health'
Florida will dedicate $21 million to teaching children resilience and foundational skills like problem solving, critical thinking, grit, empathy, and honesty.
Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis leads a roundtable on March 22 at Florida State University to announce the state's new resiliency initiatives for schoolchildren. From left, State Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, DeSantis, and Miami-Dade County School Board Member Monica Colucci. Dan M. Berger/The Epoch Times.
Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis says that the state’s schoolchildren must learn essential life skills to become successful adults: grit and perseverance to help them face adversity, problem-solving, and self-management.
It boils down to resilience, she said in a roundtable discussion at Florida State University on March 22.
