Raising a resilient baby starts long before they take their first steps or say their first words. The foundation for emotional strength, confidence, and adaptability is built in the earliest months of life—through the small, consistent ways parents interact, nurture, and respond.

Psychologists say resilience isn’t something a child is simply born with; it is shaped daily by the environment and caregivers around them. From how parents handle stress to the way they encourage exploration, every routine moment counts.

Newsweek spoke to two experts to find out what parents can do to teach their children the ability to adapt and recover from adversity, trauma, or stress.

"Even before a baby can speak, the foundations for resilience start forming within the primary attachment relationship,"

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