Raising Resilient Children {suggestions from March Ensign}

* Pray to understand your children's strengths and how to help them with their weaknesses.
* Be patient and realize that children need time to develop resilience.
* Strive to understand that mistakes and failures are opportunities to learn.
* Allow natural, logical consequences to serve as the disciplinarian.
* Respect children's decisions, even if their poor choices lead to lost privileges.
* Refrain from berating children for breaking the rules.
* Do no discourage effort by criticizing harshly.
* Rather than praising accomplishment, encourage and praise effort.
* "Praise your children more than you correct them.  Praise them for event heir smallest achievement."