.5″ x 2″, found objects
This week my colleagues have been talking a lot about mental health as they’ve been deciding what to focus their work on for the next 6 years. And this week turned me into the parent of a teenager. So between the two, protective factors and how to build them has been on my mind. How do we best foster resilience? How do we create caring relationships between young people and the adults around them? How do we provide both skills and opportunities to youth as they grow? It’s a big topic, but this tiny pendant explores many types of protective factors: wrapping and blocking, learning to step forward, and connections.