header spacer
Children's Medical Services - Special services for children with special needs
highlights left shadow
Father and daughter; Text - Bringing health care professionals together to serve children and families Family in front of house; Text - Offering high-quality care in a nurturing environment Parents and daughter laughing; Text - Creating a medical home where families are respected and supported
highlights right shadow
navigation left shadow Home family left spacer Families family left spacer Providers MMA left spacer navigation right shadow
left menu shadow menu spacer left menu width spacer

Families Menu


Please take a moment to complete this short survey about our new web site.

Take Survey
Search

Department of Health Logo
Privacy Statement | Disclaimer
Copyright © 2013 State Of Florida

left menu width spacer 		content left spacer
bread crumb spacer CMS Kids => Families => Child Family Info => Your Family Relationships => parent_resilience
content right spacer content right spacer

Parent Resilience

Resilience is the ability to cope, and even thrive, after a negative experience.  The negative experience could be as simple as your child spilling milk or as dramatic as being involved in a car accident.

No one can eliminate stress from parenting, but building parental resilience can affect how a parent deals with stress.

    • Life stressors, such as a family history of abuse or neglect, health problems, marital conflict, and domestic or community violence—and financial stressors such as unemployment, poverty, and homelessness—may reduce a parent's capacity to cope effectively with the typical day-to-day stresses of raising children.
    • All parents have inner strengths that can serve as a foundation for building their resilience.

    Some inner strengths or resources:

    Faith Flexibility
    Sense of humor High self-esteem
    Communication skills Problem-solving skills
    Mutually supportive caring relationships The ability to identify and access outside resources and services when needed

    • Community services that help families in crisis include mental health programs, substance abuse treatment, family and marital counseling, and special education and treatment programs for children with special needs.