STAR :  Strength Through Active Recreation 

7 C's of Resilience

• Competence
  Young people need to be recognized when they’re doing something right and to be given opportunities to develop specific skills. If your child shows a love or aptitude for a specific skill, activity or sport, let them know you’ve noticed and encourage them to keep practicing.
• Confidence

  Confidence comes from building real skills that parents and educators can teach and nurture. Confidence can be easily undermined, but also bolstered by tasks and activities that push learners without making the goal feel unachievable. It’s why teaching the right skills to kids at an appropriate age is so important.

• Connection

  Being part of a community helps kids know they aren’t alone if they struggle and that they can develop creative solutions to problems. Teams and clubs can provide this.  

• Character

  Kids need an understanding of right and wrong and the capacity to follow a moral compass. That will allow them to see that they cannot be put down.

• Contribution
  The experience of offering their own service makes it easier for young people to ask for help when they need it. Once kids understand how good it can feel to give to others, it becomes easier to ask for that same support when it’s needed. And being willing to ask for help is a big part of being resilient.
• Coping

  Kids need to learn mechanisms to manage their stress by learning methods to both engage and disengage at times. Some strategies for doing this include breaking down seemingly insurmountable problems into smaller, achievable pieces, avoiding things that trigger extreme anxiety, and just letting some things go. After all, resilience is about conserving energy to fit the long game and kids need to know realistically what they can affect and what should be let go.

• Control

  Kids need to feel like they have a degree of control over their lives and environment. This is why they push the limit.