How to Be Resilient - Conclusion of HOW TO TEACH RESILIENCE

When your child receives constructive criticism.

BIBLE PRINCIPLE: "Listen to counsel . . . in order to become wise in your future." - PROVERBS 19:20.

Constructive criticism  is not bullying, it is guidance that addresses an action or an attitude that needs to change. 

When you teach your child to accept correction, both of you are spared much grief.  "If children are always rescued from their errors," says a father named John,  "they will never learn.  They will jump from one problem to the next, and you will spend your life following them, stomping out the fires that they cause.  That makes life miserable for the parents and the child.

How can you help your child benefit from constructive criticism?  When your child receives it-whether at school or anywhere else-resist the urge to say that correction is unfair. Instead,you could ask:

* "Why do you think the correction was given?"

* "How can you improve?" 

* What will you do the next time you are in this situation?"

Remember, constructive criticism will serve your child, not only now but also in adulthood.

 Next time: How to Be Resilient -  TRAIN NOW

From the jw.org publication