Children's Health

What’s Happened to Emotional Resilience?  

Kids may not be as tough these days, but there are good reasons for this. Here’s how we can help them develop this essential life skill.
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What’s Happened to Emotional Resilience?  
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Nancy Colier
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My friend Jane was lamenting the fact that her 10-year-old daughter would be coming home from camp early.

Jane had finally given in; she couldn’t take any more sobbing phone calls from her daughter about how awful camp was and how the girls in the cabin were bothering and mistreating her.

Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, thought leader, public speaker, and the author of "Can't Stop Thinking: How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination,” “The Power of Off,” and the recently released “The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Depleted and How to Get What You Need” (November, 2022.)
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