Helping Teens Cope With Frustration

The below blog post is found on The Yellin Center for Mind Brain and Education website. The topic of this post is relevant for young adults of all ages and speaks to the importance of teaching more than just academic strategies to our teenagers - we should help encourage the underlying and perhaps more important skills of grit, persistence and reilience.

An excerpt from the blog article:

One of the most helpful things adults can do is to offer lessons on perseverance rather than tips for succeeding at a specific task. No kid of any age likes to be preached at, but children are interested in, and will be comforted by, stories of their parents’ own struggles. Share an anecdote about a time you failed at something you can now do with ease. Or reassure kids that no one is born an expert. 

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