Tenacity in Children: the dynamic instincts that exist in each child from birth and the prominent role they play in the course of a child ’s development

In the first book we co-authored, Raising Resilient Children, we defined resilience as a process of competent functioning under duress and adversity.  We identified the components of a “resilient mindset” and included self-discipline as one of these components.  As we continued to elaborate our understanding of a resilient mindset and the behaviors associated with this mindset, we came to appreciate that self-discipline deserved separate and special attention.  We perceived self-discipline to be the inner control required to focus and direct us as we engage in activities that reinforce resilience over time.  The absence of inner control would make it increasingly challenging to become resilient.  Appreciating the impactful role of self-discipline in development served as a catalyst for us to co-author Raising a Self-Disciplined Child in 2007, six years after the publication of Raising Resilient Children.  Since 2007 we have positioned the concepts of resilience and self-discipline at the center of our clinical work, consultations, and writings.  However, as we continued to reflect upon our theoretical framework, we recognized that something was missing from our formulation, namely, a consideration of the self-determination necessary to fuel and maintain resilience and self-discipline.  We labeled this self-determination tenacity and noted that it wasrepresented by a sense of will, strong mindedness, and purpose.  In revie...
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