Raising Confident, Resourceful, and Resilient Kids

We all want our kids to be confident, resourceful, and to know what they’re good at. The trouble is that we make two big mistakes as parents: We either don’t give them enough challenge, or we burn them out with too much. Do your kids know that they have what it takes to overcome struggle? Do they feel confident in knowing what to do when it comes to life skills and everyday tasks like cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, or taking care of animals? Do they know what they’re good at and have a healthy sense of what to do with things they’re not good at? We call this resourcefulness, and it’s one of the most important traits to cultivate in our kids. What is resourcefulness? How do we offer a healthy dose of both support and challenge to help our kids build resilience? What do you do when you see things in your kids they don’t see in themselves? These are the questions we tackle in this episode. Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:24 What resourcefulness is and the two extremes we tend to take as parents 7:40 The good and hard of giving children responsibility 12:03 Giving kids support while offering challenge 19:38 How to know if you’ve over-supported or over-challenged 24:15 When you see things in your kids they don’t see in themselves 30:00 When you push beyond what you think you’re capable of Show Notes: Get 10 Days of the Easter Story: A Family Experience Through the Feelings of Holy Week Join our KidsRQ Community: Looking for a marriage intensive with Famous at Home? Apply now. Men, sign up for the Living Legacy Cohort: Sign up for our email list and Famous at Home Starter Bundle: Download the Famous at Home app from Apple, click here . Download the Famous at Home app from Google Play, click here . Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here:

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Raising Confident, Resourceful, and Resilient Kids is an episode from Famous at Home by Josh + Christi Straub.

This episode is 37:08 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2026.

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