Resilience

The GN podcast with Andrew Fuller: The rites of passage for young people

Join Andrew Fuller as he chats with guest Dr Arne Rubinstein on the rites of passage in young people. Rites of passage and how this applies to young people How young people deal with difficult times during teenage-hood and transitioning to adulthood Strategies to include parents in the rites of passage transition for young people [...]

By |2023-12-11T16:55:41+11:00November 22nd, 2023|Categories: Learning, Podcast, Positive Psychology, Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

Thinking about a gap year? Here are some questions to ask yourself (and a note for anxious parents)

Narelle Lemon, Swinburne University of Technology Many year 12 students who are receiving their exam results at the moment will go straight to further study and training next year. But others may be planning or dreaming about a break. As a professor of education with a focus on positive psychology, I think of a gap [...]

By |2023-11-27T14:23:51+11:00November 8th, 2023|Categories: Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

Building a powerful self-identity: Why it matters for adolescents

Tanya Stephenson, Research Officer and Teaching Associate, Faculty of Education Adolescence is a time of self-discovery and identity formation, when young people begin to establish a sense of who they are, what they believe in, and where they fit in the world. This makes adolescence a sensitive developmental window, characterised by [...]

By |2023-11-06T11:32:40+11:00October 30th, 2023|Categories: Positive Psychology, Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

Period shame stops countless girls from continuing sport. The Women’s World Cup can help break this stigma

Michelle O'Shea, Western Sydney University; Hazel Maxwell, Western Sydney University, and Kylie A Steel, Western Sydney University In the lead up to the first FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted in the Southern Hemisphere, host nations Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are forging other firsts, including efforts to break the shame, stigma and taboo that continue [...]

By |2023-08-02T10:41:58+10:00August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Nature Play, Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

Girls are in crisis — and their mental health needs to be taken seriously

Alexe Bernier, McMaster University An article in the Washington Post recently declared “a crisis in American girlhood.” Girls in the United States are experiencing alarmingly higher rates of sexual assault, mental health issues and suicidality than ever before. Data collected in 2021 by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) demonstrates how dire the circumstances of [...]

By |2023-08-02T10:41:46+10:00August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Mental Illness, Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

Our new study provides a potential breakthrough on school bullying

Herb Marsh, Australian Catholic University and Johnmarshall Reeve, Australian Catholic University Your child comes home from school and tells you three classmates are teasing her constantly. One even put chewed gum in her hair as she was listening to the teacher. The other two smiled, laughed and whooped. Hearing this, you understand your child [...]

By |2023-04-21T10:38:02+10:00April 20th, 2023|Categories: Bullying, Education, Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

Grit or quit? How to help your child develop resilience

Sarah Jefferson, Edith Cowan University Grit. Don’t quit. That’s the mantra many parents may have in mind when they, like me, spend what feels like years ferrying children to a seemingly endless variety of sports and activities. From enduring sheets of almost vertical icy rain while cheering them on a hockey pitch, to obscenely [...]

By |2023-02-10T15:31:21+11:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

‘I had it first!’ 4 steps to help children solve their own arguments

Amelia Church, The University of Melbourne All children argue. And while this can be tedious for parents and carers, it’s not necessarily a problem. Conflict can help develop social skills, including learning to negotiate, and accommodate the needs of others. But if the conflict is physical, if there is any distress, or if children [...]

By |2023-01-16T18:02:19+11:00January 16th, 2023|Categories: Resilience|Tags: |0 Comments

This new ‘risky’ playground is a work of art – and a place for kids to escape their mollycoddling parents

Sanné Mestrom, University of Sydney Imagine this: a heap of colourful plastic buckets stacked on top of each other to form a climbable bridge, monolithic bluestone boulders holding up a contorted slide, a pile of concrete demolition debris moonlighting as a resting spot. At every point, children can be seen swinging their bodies from warped, [...]

By |2022-11-11T13:23:45+11:00November 10th, 2022|Categories: Nature Play, Resilience|0 Comments

If you want your child to be more resilient, get them to join a choir, orchestra or band

William James Baker, University of Tasmania; Anne-Marie Forbes, University of Tasmania, and Kim McLeod, University of Tasmania One of the most important qualities for a young person to develop is resilience. This involves their ability to overcome adversity. Resilience is perhaps more important now than ever. Today’s young people have been facing adversity on a [...]

By |2022-11-21T16:42:11+11:00November 7th, 2022|Categories: Resilience|0 Comments
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