Today’s resilience-building tip is to help your children develop confidence in all the things that they can do for themselves.

It can be difficult to resist the urge to fix everything for your children. It is important, however, to allow your children to explore challenges and solve problems independently. This helps boost their confidence and resilience for tackling future challenges.

Dr. Jen shares a related experience from her family and describes the increased confidence that she saw in her daughter as a result.