Author Ivy Xu
October 20, 2023
Luckily, mental toughness is a skill that can be developed over time.
Here’s how to teach it to your kids:
1. Manufacture hardship.
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One Comment
Yikes!!!
Either his article is a quick guide to make your own trophy child and/or inflict more existing trauma on the child! If you’re a parent, please do don’t this!
Brianna Wies IS NOT a qualified specialist, psychologist, licensed therapist! SHE’S A LIFE COACH with a major in literature/writing! Are you going to trust a life coach to treat potential existing trauma and psychological issues of children, let alone give advice!?
If your child is struggling, you will need to understand why they are behaving in such as way and seek help instead of trying to do a quick fix! There are no shortcuts to this things for “instant success!”. Just because a life coach helped get kids into “better schools” this doesn’t translate into proper healing and things turn uglier than necessary.
For reference, I have studied child psychology extensively in my field and studied under licensed and board certified psychologists that specialized in children psychology.
Heck, don’t even take my advice! The best thing you can do for your children if they are struggling with something is take them to a qualified/licensed therapist, counselor, or behavioral specialist (please seek help from the community/schools if you must for help with resources) to get them evaluated.
I have a younger sister who unfortunately gained weight in a short time which was cause by trauma (sexual assault). I am not about to follow some silly life coach advice and step in and call her lazy or unmotivated to make her “lose weight” or “feel better” for “success” when she’s suffered physical/mental trauma: It doesn’t work that way. Luckily, she’s getting the proper support and help from a qualified specialist.
Behavioral issues and trauma need to be addressed first before taking any other steps to help motivate and keep children active! Take it one step at a time, people!