How to foster individual resilience early in life to prepare for future crisis events
Literature Review
Shamuel Kohen
Crisis and Emergency Intervention
May 19, 2024
Abstract
Early life is a crucial stage in children's development of
resilience, and the information they are ingrained with will aid them in
overcoming challenges and hardships later in life. How to foster individual resilience early in
life to prepare for future crisis events must be looked at from an inside-out
or bottom-up approach. This approach looks at biological, DNA contributions to
resilience extending outward to a temperament that may or may not lead to
resilience. The biological and temperament resilience is followed by looking at
family contributions to building and fostering resilience in children, and
lastly, educational methods in aiding children in dealing with stressful
situations that eventually will lead to resilience and positive outcomes to
survive a crisis and thrive.
Keywords: Resilience training, goals, childhood, crisis, learning
Introduction
The study of resilience and its application to
resilience education to overcome crises and bounce back is a highly
sought-after goal by parents and educators alike. In today's crisis-ridden
world, the need to overcome and thrive can be found across the board,
from governments to community organizations to cultural groups and subgroups
and, finally, families and individuals.
In a world that seems to be in a never-ending crisis
mode, resilience keeps countries, governments, organizations, and families
looking forward with hope for a better world. The topic of resilience promotes
hope, optimism, survival, and overcoming and growth. This review focuses on
literature that gives families an idea of how and where resilience comes from
and how to foster it in children from an early age to provide them with tools
to understand the subject of resilience. Resilience fostering is a complex
topic, but understanding the biological and emotional factors that contribute
to resilience will provide the tools needed for demystifying resilience and
educating families and individuals to consider many factors and not rely on a
one-size-fits-all solution for resilience fostering. The current state of
resilience research seems to be broad, with various views and opinions, and
vast amounts of research are pretty extensive, with a few agreements on the
basics but disagreements on the details of how to proceed into the future with
fostering resilience.
