Resiliency

Missionary Prep—

(Lyle J. Burrup) Resilience: ability to bounce back from adversity. 

The missionary just hadn’t learned how to deal with challenges well; 

Obtaining anything of great worth often requires great sacrifice.

Accept that losing may precede winning.

Learning and instruction correct mistakes, repentance and restitution corrects sin. 

• Pray to understand your children’s strengths and how to help them with their weaknesses.
• Be patient and realize that children need time to develop resilience.
• Strive to understand that mistakes and failures are opportunities to learn.
• Allow natural, logical consequences to serve as the disciplinarian.
• Respect children’s decisions, even if their poor choices lead to lost privileges.
• Refrain from berating children for breaking the rules. 
• Rather than praising accomplishment, encourage and praise EFFORTS. 
• Praise your children more than you correct them. Catch them being good. Focus on what you'd like to see more. 

Principles:

• 1. Paying the price for privileges.
• 2. The law of the harvest.If I wanted money, I had to deliver the newspapers. 
• 3. Personal accountability and responsibility.I had to complete my own homework, science fair projects, and merit badges.
• 4. The law of restitution.I could make up for misbehavior by apologizing and repairing the wrong. 
• 5. Learning from mistakes.If I made my bed poorly, did not wash the dishes properly, or did not pull weeds properly, I had to redo these tasks correctly.