Teaching children to be resilient

We need to raise resilient youth in the church.  We have to teach them important skills for success out in the world.  We will need to deepen their values and understanding of the gospel.  I know of no better way then to have them get involved in Family History.  Elder Bednar has given a beautiful promise to the youth if they get involved in this work.  He said: 
   "It is no coincidence that FamilySearch and other tools have come forth at a time when young people are so familiar with a wide range of information and communication technologies. Your fingers have been trained to text and tweet to accelerate and advance the work of the Lord—not just to communicate quickly with your friends. The skills and aptitude evident among many young people today are a preparation to contribute to the work of salvation.
     As you respond in faith to this invitation, your hearts shall turn to the fathers. The promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be implanted in your hearts. Your patriarchal blessing, with its declaration of lineage, will link you to these fathers and be more meaningful to you. Your love and gratitude for your ancestors will increase. Your testimony of and conversion to the Savior will become deep and abiding. And I promise you will be protected against the intensifying influence of the adversary. As you participate in and love this holy work, you will be safeguarded in your youth and throughout your lives."
(Bednar, David A., The Hearts of the Children, October 2011 General Conference, The Hearts of the Children )
      I think this is a great promise to our children and youth.  I haven't yet promoted this in my house because for the lack of time with me being in school.  This is a great way for the to use their technical smarts and progress the work along.
      There are many ways to help our children be resilient in the world today.  Lyle J. Burrup gave some great ideas in his article titled "Raising Resilient Children"  Five things that he suggests teaching our children is
1.  Pay the price for privileges-meaning that your children know they will be rewarded when they have been obedient and trustworthy.
2.  The law of the harvest-If your kids want money, they have to work for it, it isn't just handed to them.
3.  Personal accountability and responsibility-The kids need to be responsible for their own work and deadlines.
4.  The law of restitution-Sometimes this means doing extra work to correct the bad things you have done.
5.  Learn from mistakes-If our children haven't done something to our expectation then we need to go back and teach them the right way to do it.

Elder N. Eldon Tanner in an article called Constancy Amid Change also gave some good pointers.  He didn't direct them at children but for the sake of this assignment I will.  We need to teach our children to pay their tithing.  We need to teach them to live on less than they earn.  We need to teach them how to distinguish between wants and needs.  We need to teach our children to develop and live on a budget.  And finally we need to teach them to be honest in their financial affairs.  These all might be monetary things to teach our children, what important lessons they need to learn before they move out on their own.  If they can't manage on their own financially then it will cause some major problems for them later on. 
Our family loves the movie The Ultimate Gift.  They just recently came out with a prequel called The Ultimate Life.  It starts out with a struggling family barely make ends meet.  This young boy is expected to work to help support his family.  He sees a newspaper clipping about becoming a billionaire.  That then becomes his whole purpose.  He wants more money.  He does end up becoming one but in the meantime he has sacrificed everything of more value then his money.  We need to be happy wherever we are financially.  If we are living on less than we make then our money won't control us but will give us peace.  .
We live in a lot scarier place then even I was raised in.  We have to instill in our young children the principles of the gospel so that when they have to stand on their own feet, that they can be resilient to the winds that will try to blow them.