Want to know how to build a resilient family but don’t know how? Here are 30 ideas that you can build into your day-to-day life. Don’t think that you can do them all at once though, pick 5 to start with, then add one per week. In 6 months you will be amazed at the difference you will see in your family’s relationships.
- Create processes and systems (eco and coping)
- Nurturing and caring actions and authentic words
- See the world through your children’s eyes
- Provide plenty of physical touch, showing them love with all your heart
- Educate, coach, mentor and engender a thirst for knowledge e.g. reading and research
- Focus on health and well being
- Ensure you exhibit emotion, trust and positive reinforcement & discipline – no yelling
- Provide the core morals and traits e.g. integrity, trust, respect, dignity, compassion etc.
- Be a role model for your children e.g. love towards each over, reliable, trustworthy & all things in moderation e.g. alcohol and eating
- Provide challenges to tackle which helps them face their fears and encourage positive outcomes
- Encourage them, support them & be there, get involved in their lives in a positive way
- Be adaptive to change
- Hold celebrations, follow traditions and provide a sense of belonging to something
- Provide quality times where you are ‘present’ (everyone put their phones away)
- Have a positive and optimistic attitude and maintain perspective
- Teach them how to have gratitude and see the positive in anything that feels ‘bad’
- Carry out effective communication and include resilience in everyday language
- Hold respectful and light-hearted family meetings, and let everyone have their say
- Conduct good financial management and encourage children to do so from an early age
- Show them a great work ethic, but have work time, me time and us time
- Appreciate the uniqueness and values of each individual member of the family
- Demonstrate flexibility and a concillary nature
- Provide strong and fair leadership, but not autocratic or dictatorial – operate strengths based parenting
- Maintain a risk management approach to life
- Perform good time management, routines, structure and organisation
- Include fun and adventure into family time
- Have a sense of purpose, set goals, intentions and direction
- Encourage a belief in something bigger than themselves, nurture their souls
- Seek first to understand, then be understood, implement empathic listening, acceptance and making peace where necessary
- Teach collaboration rather than competition, especially amongst siblings
The family’s ability to cultivate strengths to positively meet the challenges of life and to excel and thrive are directly related to how resiient and connected you are as a family. Once you have these connections of love and care you will be sn inspiration to others.
START TODAY, THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT, AND GOOD LUCK!
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