Uncer­tain­ty is a giv­en in life; Jew­ish par­ents face an extra lay­er of uncer­tain­ty with grow­ing anti­semitism and our unique Jew­ish his­to­ry.

Whether it’s nation­al or glob­al events affect­ing our sense of safe­ty, the rise of anti­semitism, or dai­ly stres­sors, we are con­stant­ly con­front­ed with sit­u­a­tions threat­en­ing children’s well­be­ing. Par­ents can mit­i­gate the effect of ram­pant uncer­tain­ty by guid­ing chil­dren to man­age adver­si­ty and devel­op resilience. Par­ents pro­vide the buffer.

Rais­ing Resilience is a life­line for fam­i­lies con­tend­ing with life’s stress­es and crises — from the most com­mon­place to most dev­as­tat­ing — peer or sib­ling con­flicts, fam­i­ly ten­sions, divorce, loss, aca­d­e­m­ic chal­lenges, grow­ing up Jew­ish today. Dr. Klein offers par­ents and care­givers five spe­cif­ic resources that chil­dren devel­op in their rela­tion­ship with par­ents, enabling them to face adver­si­ty, adjust, and thrive rather than fal­ter or break down under pres­sure.

The book shows par­ents what chil­dren need to man­age life’s hur­dles and cre­ate capac­i­ty for mean­ing­ful, thriv­ing lives by con­fi­dent­ly build­ing strong rela­tion­ships with their chil­dren so they become moti­vat­ed, self-assured, and car­ing— qual­i­ties des­per­ate­ly need­ed today.