Commentary: How to build resilience in children

Bill Gates’ first enterprise failed miserably. Nonetheless he became a multi-billionaire and a celebrated philanthropist. Ben Franklin’s formal education ended at age ten due to family poverty. Yet he harnessed electricity, invented the lightning rod and bifocal lenses and is counted as one of our founding fathers. Stephen King’s first novel was rejected by 30 publishers. Currently his success is measured by the sale of 350 million copies of his books. Thomas Edison persisted a