Teen Stories to Build Resilience – CLICK TO COMMENT
By Ziva Saada When Joyce came back from soccer, she had a frown on her face. She said she was a loser. She told her mom, “I’m never going to play soccer again. Sign me out. I’m a failure.” Her mom told her that she was a smart girl and could do it. But Joyce said, “I missed the winning shot and everybody hates me.” The next day when she went to soccer, she didn’t have as much of confidence. Until she got the goal in and realized what she was doing. She realized that if you don’t do well on your first try, it’s ok, keep trying. You could do it.
I learned never give up because in the story Joyce didn’t get a goal and she was going to give up but she didn’t and the next day when she tried again she got a goal