Creating Positive Relationships with Kids to Build Resilience




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Summary: Building relationships with your children can be difficult (especially teens). But having that stability helps them in the future to overcome adversity, build resiliency, and face any tough times ahead. Building relationships with your children can be difficult (especially teens). But having that stability helps them in the future to overcome adversity, build resiliency, and face any tough times ahead. Dr. Michael Yogman is chair of the Massachusetts American Academy of Pediatrics Child Mental Health Taskforce, as well as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He joins us to talk about what resilience is, and how it applies to our children, reserving judgment, and how trusted relationships are beneficial to their emotional growth.