Teaching kids to cope when things get tough is a vital life skill. Perseverance helps children to mature into emotionally-healthy, responsible adults.

This “can-do” attitude helps them respond maturely to life’s disappointments, setbacks and challenges.

Here are…

One of the most difficult things for any human being to accomplish is perseverance. The ability to keep going, even when things get tough, doesn't tend to come naturally to most of us. 

However, there are ways that you can teach your kids perseverance from…

Have you ever seen the movie ‘Finding Nemo’? It’s an absolute favourite in our house and for good reason! Dory is my favourite character. She is a bonafide super-hero!

‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!’ - what a spark plug! She NEVER gives up! She never even…

Ask any successful person how they achieved their goals and they’ll tell you perseverance! No matter what, they never gave up.

Nobody ever says being a math whiz skyrocketed them to their life-long goals instantaneously. Or because they eat a lot of pizza, they became…

Children are not born with resilience. It’s up to the good ol’ parental unit to teach them all they need to know about how to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and make lemonade out of lemons.

Not only lemonade…but lemon meringue! And lemon drops! And…

Grit, moxie, tenacity, perseverance! Doggedness, spirit, spunk!

Those are some fierce words! So what the heck do they mean? And why are they crucial for your child’s growth and development?

Grit is sticking with something even when you don't want to…

Have you noticed there’s a theme catching fire around the world? It has to do with an itty bitty word that’s making big waves. The word I’m talking about is ‘yet’.

This superhero word is so super-duper that even Sesame Street had to write a song about it!

Let’s play a game!

Name one personality trait that you’ll find in every single superhero…ready, set, GO!I Bet a lot of awesome stuff comes to mind, because heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Some are shy and some are smart. Some are girls and some are boys. Some are…