Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings by Kenneth R. Ginsburg

Author:Kenneth R. Ginsburg [Ginsburg, Kenneth R.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781581108705
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: 2014-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

There is a wide body of research now about ACEs. We are all grateful to the original study.

Felitti VJ, Anda RF, Nordenberg D, et al. Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. Am J Prev Med. 1998;14(4):245–258

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CHAPTER 24

Character

A child can be very competent, confident, and deeply connected but still not be prepared to thrive. Renee is a good example. She is intelligent and highly competent. She has great problem-solving skills. She knows how to stand up for herself. She is not intimidated by peer pressure. Her confidence has often helped her get out of a jam.

Renee has strong connections—she is a member of a girl gang to whom she is extremely loyal and which serves as a surrogate family. She may be able to survive in a world that is too tough for most to comprehend. But despite all her competence, confidence, and connection, Renee will not rise above all the challenges in her life to be a positive, contributing member of society without another vital ingredient of resilience.

Character is the component that’s missing for Renee. Her family members have been a passive influence in her life, perhaps because of their own struggles. Her parents didn’t instill values such as responsibility to the broader community or the value of each and every life. Perhaps her school failed her and didn’t allow her to grasp that she had other competencies that were far more valuable to society than those she learned on the streets. Her community failed her by not ensuring that she grew up in a safe enough environment, so survival alone had to become her core value.

Renee’s connections were formed with a dangerous peer group that offered the allure of family. But these connections have been negative for the most part. Renee has not been supported by relationships with positive role models or caring relatives and community. It is these positive role models and loving relatives who would have instilled that basic sense of right and wrong—character.

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