Resilience

Learn how to raise resilient teens that are prepared to flourish in good times and bounce back in challenging times.

Failure Is a Temporary State

Jul 19, 2026

When your teen makes a mistake, they don’t earn a permanent label of failure. Teach your teen to bounce back by reminding them that this too shall pass while helping them move beyond the mistake.

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Why You Should Let Your Teen Fail

Jul 03, 2026

What if we reframe failure by seeing its positives? (Yes, failure has benefits.) Failing means your teen took a risk.

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Help Teens Develop Self-Control

Jul 03, 2026

Teens demonstrate responsibility, and you put them in-charge of their life more and more until they’re ready for adulthood.

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5 Ways To Ensure You Matter

Jun 22, 2026

If parents want to instill a sense of “mattering” in their children, they must first feel they matter themselves.

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The Parenting Style That Will Make You an Effective Parent

May 22, 2026

Consider a parenting style that is tried and tested and that we know works, generation after generation. 

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Why Mattering Is Key to Our Wellbeing

Apr 15, 2026

The teens Jennifer Wallace interviewed felt valued for who they were and knew they added value to the world. In other words, they mattered.

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