The Resilient Child We all want our children to become resilient: to overcome obstacles, persevere when problems arise, and bounce back from adversity. So why do some of us teach resiliency well and others have a harder time? It’s not an easy question, but certainly there’s enough research (data, experience, insight) to point the way toward raising more resilient children. In this short blog post, I am going to define resiliency and begin to share what it needs to grow mightily in your children. Resiliency Defined Merriam-Webster defines resilience as "the ability to recover from or adjust easily to [...]