Ch. 4: Parenting to Support Our Middle Schoolers
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Ch. 4: Parenting to Support Our Middle Schoolers
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Hardships are unavoidable, but they’re also the raw material of resilience. This chapter shows how to help your preteen bend without breaking — teaching them the skills to stretch, recover, and grow. Learn the Seven C’s framework (Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, Contribution, Control, Coping) that turns everyday moments into resilience-building opportunities.
You’ll get strategies for modeling strong coping, coaching your child through choices, and creating family rituals that reinforce safety and belonging. Simple exercises—making shared “feel-good” lists, co‑brainstorming healthy vs. unhealthy coping, creating a household code word for time-outs, and more—make resilience a family practice. You don’t need to be an expert to help your child stay safe.
Narrated by Natalia Dominguez
Audiobook recording and production by Andy Zenczak (gadgetbox.net)
This video was produced by GadgetBox, created by the Tri-County Collaborative and funded by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), supported by Grant Number 23-10947. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the California Health and Human Services Agency, the CDPH, or the Tri-County Collaborative.