"Here’s what Steve learned. **Adolescent rats who experienced stress they could not control grew up to be adult rats who, after being subjected to uncontrollable shocks a second time, behaved timidly**. This was not unusual—they learned to be helpless in the same way that any other rat would. In contrast, **adolescent rats who experienced stress they could control grew up to be more adventurous and, most astounding, appeared to be inoculated against learned helplessness in adulthood**. That’s right—when these “resilient rats” grew up, the usual uncontrollable shock procedures no longer made them helpless. "In other words, **what didn’t kill the young rats, when by their own efforts they could control what was happening, made them stronger for life**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[parenting]], [[resilience]], [[habits]], [[context]] **Source** -- [[20241030 - B - Grit]]