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I was asked the following question recently by the publication 'Cornelius Today'

What’s your advice for parents on how to make children feel secure in these uncertain times?

Biblical Moses’ speech impediment caused him much angst. God listened and validated Moses’ feelings, and then offered some tangible assistance.

Three pieces of advice:

1) We can listen and validate our children’s feelings in much the same way.

2) Telling our children we love them unconditionally as much as we can is essential.

3) We can have faith in our children. They are often stronger and more resilient than we know.

Let a person always bend like a reed and not be hard like a cedar:
A reed grows in the water, its stem is flexible, and its roots are many.
All the winds in the world cannot uproot it, for it sways back and forth with them.
And when the winds cease to blow, the reed is still standing in its place.

Babylonian Talmud Ta'anit 20A

We are all resilient to different degrees. All of us however, can learn how to better manage life's challenges, emerging less vulnerable to depression, despair or unhealthy ways of managing stress.