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When adults step back, kids learn to bounce back

Resilience isn’t taught. It’s learnt and built through everyday frictions.

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Resilience isn’t taught. It’s learnt and built through everyday frictions.

Resilience isn’t taught. It’s learnt and built through everyday frictions.

ST ILLUSTRATION: LIM YONG

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During an Under-10 soccer youth league match, my son’s teammate had an unpleasant experience with a player from an opposing team.

Midway through the game, he was pulled to the ground by a boy who went on to taunt him until the final whistle blew.

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