Resilience Building in Children
The Need for a Comprehensive Approach
Keywords:
Comprehensive approach, Religion, School, Family, Children, Resilience buildingAbstract
Resilience is considered to be a positive attribute of an individual. It is the ability of a person to face the difficult situation in life. This paper tries to understand the meaning and significance of resilience and focus on the risk factors that act as a hindrance to the proper development of an individual and the process of resilience building. Attention is paid to the changes in major institutions like family, schools, and religion. The role of technology and media in contemporary society is also mentioned. After locating a child in contemporary society, the paper also examines the existing frameworks and approaches that help in resilience building and raises the challenges. The central argument of the paper is to have a comprehensive approach that put children as the locus and demanding cooperation from all stakeholders.
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