The Importance of Resilience in Child Development: A Report

This report focuses on maximizing children's resilience, highlighting the crucial role of early childhood experiences and the impact of trauma. It emphasizes the importance of nurturing environments, including supportive parenting and effective school programs. The report discusses the significance of emotional and social competencies in children, the benefits of home training programs for parents, and the role of community initiatives in supporting families. Additionally, it references psychological studies, such as the Kuai study, to illustrate the dynamic nature of resilience throughout a child's life. The report stresses the importance of factors like sympathetic parenting, economic and social learning, and the development of resilience through different stages of life. The report emphasizes that resilience can be developed at any point in a child's life, and that there are various programs and interventions that can be used to develop these skills.

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Children are often placed under “formative years “which refers to the period of childhood
between 0-8 years. This period is considered as the most important for intellectual, emotional,
social and physical growth of the child development. Anxiety and suffering in childhood caused
due to abuse, violence, negligence or mental illness by the caretakers may cause disturbance in
the development of the child’s brain. These changes may affect the physical and mental health of
the child.
According to the psychologist Ann S. Masten,” an individual’s resilience relies on
drawing assets from numerous frameworks". Some resilience are intrinsic in a child such as
problem-solving, emotional ability, self-discipline, inspiration to prosper and self-efficacy. There
are certain aspects that boost resilience in kids and help a child to gain a promising path.
Relationship is considered a factor that nurture resilience. Among relationship, good
parenting is considered of utmost importance. The presence of sympathetic, dependable and
protection from the caregiver helps in the healthy development of child. For this purpose, home
training programmes were conducted to develop skills for becoming more confident and
effective in parenting. The program for mothers that promotes awareness for child care and
responsibility towards children and maternal efficiency are promoted in the communities to
maximize resilience. Father involvement program especially in low-income families helped in
strengthens couple relation and reduce stress (Maximizing children's resilience, 2020).
The school programs that encourages social and economic learning helped the child to
recover from mal-adjustment. If the child experiences risk or trauma, it becomes critical for the
child to have schooling that develops their social and emotional competency.

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According to the psychologist Emmy Werner, in Kuai study stated that resilience is the
process that can be diagnosed at any point during the lifetime.

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