InBrief: How Resilience is Built

Summary

The video script emphasizes the importance of building resilience in children through supportive relationships with caring adults. It highlights the role of families, teachers, and community members in nurturing resilience, which involves developing coping and problem-solving skills. The script advocates for societal efforts to strengthen the capabilities of adults who care for children, to foster positive life outcomes and promote resilience building for all.

Takeaways

• 🛡️ Resilience is a quality that can be developed, not just an innate trait.
• 💞 Key to building resilience are the supportive relationships children have with caring adults.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families are crucial, but children's resilience is also shaped by the broader community.
• 🧑‍🏫 Teachers and coaches are influential figures in a child's resilience development.
• 👶 Responsive interactions with adults help children learn basic coping and adapting skills.
• 🚫 Children learn to regulate their behavior and manage their emotions through these interactions.
• 🍭 They also learn to defer gratification, an important skill for resilience.
• 🧰 An 'adaptive toolkit' of skills is developed, which can be utilized during stress or challenges.
• 🔍 As children mature, their skills become more sophisticated, including monitoring situations and problem-solving.
• 🏘️ Society can foster resilience by enhancing the capabilities of adults who care for children.
• 🌟 Communities play an active role in nurturing resilience when they understand and support what is needed.
• 🌱 Building resilience and capacity benefits everyone and contributes to positive life outcomes.

Q & A

What does Philip A. Fisher define resilience as?

Philip A. Fisher defines resilience not as a magical quality but as something that can be built, even in difficult circumstances.

According to W. Thomas Boyce, what is the key ingredient to building resilience in children?

W. Thomas Boyce states that the key ingredient to building resilience is the relationships children have with others who care about them.

How do Jack P. Shonkoff and others view the role of families in raising children?

Jack P. Shonkoff emphasizes that families play a very important role, but no one raises children in isolation, highlighting the importance of community involvement.

What impact do teachers, coaches, and other adults have on children's resilience, as mentioned by Jack P. Shonkoff?

Jack P. Shonkoff points out that teachers, coaches, and other adults in the community can have a powerful impact on building resilience in children through the relationships they develop with them.

What are some simple skills of coping and adapting that children learn as a result of responsive interaction, according to the transcript?

Children learn to stop crying, regulate their behavior, and defer gratification as simple skills of coping and adapting through responsive interaction.

Linda C. Mayes mentions an 'adaptive toolkit'. What does this refer to?

The 'adaptive toolkit' Linda C. Mayes refers to is a set of potential skills that individuals can use during moments of stress or challenge to get through them.

How does Jack P. Shonkoff describe the evolution of resilience skills as children grow older?

Jack P. Shonkoff explains that as children get older, the sophistication of their resilience skills increases, including the ability to monitor situations and solve problems.

What does Jack P. Shonkoff suggest as a societal approach to nurturing the development of resilience?

He suggests that society should help communities focus on building the capabilities of adults who care for children and provide the necessary supports to promote more positive life outcomes.

What does Philip A. Fisher imply about communities being active in crafting solutions for resilience?

Philip A. Fisher implies that when communities actively participate in understanding and crafting solutions for resilience, it leads to a more effective and engaged approach to building resilience.

Jack P. Shonkoff mentions that resilience building and capacity building are in everyone's interest. What does this mean?

It means that the process of building resilience and capacity is beneficial for everyone involved, and the entire community reaps the benefits when it is done well.