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Hard-Wired to Bounce Back A growing body of research from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology is documenting the reality of human resiliency: the capacity to spring back, rebound, and adapt in the face of adversity. So convincing is this research that I have concluded the human species is, in fact, “hard-wired to bounce back.” It is more likely for us to bounce back from our problems than not. The Power of One Person to Build "Bounce-Back" Kids One of the most vehement questions I get asked by both parents and educators when making presentations has to do with the potent forces of negativity that assail our children and youth. “What can I do, I’m just a mom (a grandma,an uncle or one teacher)?” is a common lament. Fortunately, the resiliency research strongly challenges the mistaken belief that any single person can’t have much impact in a young person’s life in the face of the negative forces of media or peer pressure.