It’s not easy being a kid these days.

In addition to the usual childhood disappointments—getting cut from the team or not being invited to a friend’s birthday party—kids these days have to deal with cyberbullies and social media.

Today’s youth need to be resilient. Teaching them social and emotional learning skills is the aim of a new children’s book written by Medford resident Danielle Sicari.

“Find Grace in Your Journey” is the story of two youngsters, Grace and Journey, who successfully navigate a series of childhood challenges.

One vignette from the book reads, “When you wish for chips as a snack, but you see lots of carrots and tomatoes… ENJOY and find grace in your journey.”

Sicari is a third-grade teacher at Merrimac Elementary School in the Sachem Central School District and the mother of twin daughters, Grace and Journey, who turn 6 in December.

The book, which is available on Amazon, grew out of Sicari writing notes to herself on her phone about how resilient her daughters are and how, she said, they’re able to overcome “life’s little mishaps, things that don’t go right.”

Sicari’s gotten a good response to the book from her students and fellow teachers.

“They love the story,” she said.

Both Sicari and Quinn Bobal, the book’s illustrator, are Patchogue-Medford High School graduates: Sicari graduated in 1996 and Bobal in 2019.