Helping Your Child Develop Resilience (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to instilling character in our kids, the most important aspect we can teach and model for them is resilience. On this two-day Focus on the Family broadcast, Dr. Kathy Koch explores ways you can help your child face challenges with courage, confidence, and conviction. You’ll get a solid idea of what it looks like to bounce back from struggles and difficulties, as well as some tools to help you develop and nurture a spirit of resilience in your home.
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.8 | Most resilient people don't want to sit down in the valley. They want to figure things out. |
| 0:37.4 | So they try again and they try again. So these are children who don't whine and complain, Mommy, it's too hard. I can't do it. But instead they go, shoot, this was hard. I wonder what would make it easier. So on their own, they still need a mom and dad to be the support system. Absolutely. But on their own, they begin to figure things out so they develop a healthy independence, which I think is so great, healthier |
| 0:58.5 | mental health. That's Dr. Kathy Cook, and she's with us again today on Focus on the Family with |
| 1:03.6 | Jim Daly. We're talking about the importance of resilience and ways to help your child develop |
| 1:08.9 | that. We're so glad you've joined us. |
| 1:11.1 | I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:12.1 | John, I'm so glad we're returning to this conversation with Kathy. |
| 1:15.8 | Helping your children learn to adapt and bend without breaking is a crucial aspect of their |
| 1:22.2 | development. |
| 1:23.5 | When challenges arise in your child's life, you want them to be able to face those with courage and confidence, and that's where resilience comes into play. |
| 1:33.8 | In fact, here at Focus on the Family, we believe resilience is so vital to a child's life that we created a special curriculum for churches and schools called Built for Resilience. |
| 1:45.5 | And before we get to the heart of the program today, I'm joined by our very own Dr. |
| 1:49.8 | Danny Werta, vice president of parenting and youth at Focus on the Family to tell us a bit more. |
| 1:56.0 | Danny is also co-host of our parenting podcast, Practice Makes Parent. Isn't that the truth? |
| 2:02.5 | How many of us want to do over? And Danny, welcome. Great to be with you guys. When we talk |
| 2:08.3 | about resilience, what does that actually look like in a child's everyday life? And, you know, |
| 2:13.0 | as busy parents, these things can pass us by like little signs on the freeway. |
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