InBrief: The Science of Resilience

The development of resilience—the ability to overcome serious hardship—is essential to children’s lifelong health and well-being.

One way to understand the development of resilience is to picture a seesaw: protective experiences and adaptive skills on one side counterbalance significant adversity on the other.

Watch this video to visualize the science of resilience and understand how protective factors within a child’s developmental environment can help them build essential skills to cope with adversity.

Learn more about resilience—and how to support children and caregivers who face adversity—in this guide from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/r...

For more short summaries of other topics in early childhood development, including executive function and childhood mental health, view our InBrief video series:    • InBrief Series  

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