People who are autonomous think for themselves and make their own decisions. Autonomy is related to resilience. Androgyny Androgyny is displaying characteristics that are thought to be female and characteristics that are thought to be male at the appropriate time. It is a transcendence of one's typical gender role and display of behavior that corresponds to the opposite gender. Androgyny is related to resilience.
Resilient children display androgyny by participating in non-sexed typed activities.
The males are more affective and the females are more adventurous. This type of behavior can be allowed by caregivers. It can also be modeled. Parents can display androgyny as can other caregivers. This will help foster androgyny, which is related to resilience.