Pupils who are 'too soft' will be toughened up by teachers in the hope they will be equipped to face difficult futures as part of an initiative with an ex-US army general.
Teachers are currently in training with The Young Foundation, who are running courses in resilience.
Chris Jones, director of the project, said pupils had to learn to not take things for granted. "In the past we probably had a harder life in some respects."
Earlier this month, Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum, spoke to the foundation on the topic of emotional fitness.
Cornum, who, since 2008, has led the $125m emotional fitness regime for the US military until last week, explored the issue of whether resilience is a skill that can be taught, and how it could be done in the UK.
She said: "You use the same skills to respond to any adversaries. It's really important to have people learn and apply them before they encounter the major problems in life."
The brigadier has had her fair share of "major problems". In 1991, she was one of two American service-women taken prisoner in the Persian Gulf War in Iraq after her helicopter was shot down, her arms were broken and she was held at gun point by Iraq soldiers.
"If we teach people how to apply these skills to the thoughts they are having and apply positive thinking I feel we can teach people to see events as adverse rather than traumatic," she continued.
Pupils will learn to cope with problems through positive thinking and will be taught how to manage their emotions.
A spokesperson for the Department for Education said schools have a "duty to support pupils during times of pressure".
The foundation will be holding training days for teachers later this month, which cost £195. Teachers from 15 schools have already signed up and the trust hope to extend this in 45 more institutions.