Resilience Parenting: Raising Resilient Children in an Era of Detachment and Dependence

by Chris Santillo, Holly Santillo

Your children will face many challenges in the years ahead, so you want to raise them to be resilient—strong, adaptable, and able to recover. It is your mission to empower your son or daughter to cultivate a functional and fulfilling life. This essential handbook will help you achieve that goal. In Resilience Parenting, martial arts instructors Chris and Holly Santillo share the insights they have gained as teachers and parents. They offer positive alternatives to lecturing, bribing, and punishing; focusing instead on three Learning, Integrity, and Service. By applying these powerful principles, you can inspire your children to develop the independence they need to succeed as adults, while renewing their connection to family and community. Whether you are raising a teenager or just starting your family, the methods prescribed in this book will help you unlock your greatest potential as a parent.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

156 pages, Paperback

Published March 22, 2019

About the author

Chris and Holly Santillo are not your regular authors.


They are the epitome of the Latin phrase “Mens sana in corpore sano,” which means “A healthy mind in a healthy body.”


Having strong backgrounds in Martial Arts with Chris being the founder and Head Instructor at Potomac Kempo in Alexandria, Virginia, and Holly being a Senior Instructor, they have managed to develop the principles of Martial Arts into a cohesive parenting methodology.


They believe that children (and parents) with broader horizons and an open mind can sow the seeds for future generations of confident, strong, and resilient adults.


Now, you can find them gliding through the Siberian steppes on the Trans-Siberian Railway, visiting the buzzing markets of Samarkand on the Silk Road, or wondering at the vastness of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. They have decided to live a nomadic life and explore the world with their three boys in order to bring back memories, ideas, experiences, and a fresh view on life.


Join their epic journey at www.FiveBackpacks.family, visit www.ResilienceParenting.info for more information on their book, and www.PotomacKempo.com to learn about their Martial Arts teachings.

Reviews

[SMJH · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas about how to help your kids be resilient. I especially like the idea that work (as in chores around the house and yard work, not basketball practice or dance classes) builds confidence and resiliency. But as is common with these books they give all the good insights in the first half, then it feels like the rest of the book rambles on and isn’t useful but is there just to fill the book.

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m always wary of parenting advice—whether from friends or books.

BUT I appreciate the Santillos’ insights and experiences that come not only from parenting their own children, but also from teaching and molding littluns in martial arts.

I really think this book could have been pared down. It really wasn’t long enough (or in-depth enough) to need intro and wrap-up. Just tell me and move on!

But overall, good ideas with solid backup of the WHAT with a WHY, then HOW.