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This is a commentary on the articles by E. V. Cardemil, K. J. Reivich, and M. E. P. Seligman (2002) and D. L. Yu and M. E. P. Seligman (2002) in this issue of Prevention & Treatment. Both articles evaluate the Penn Resiliency Program when administered to diverse samples of children. The first study focused on African American and Latino (primarily Puerto Rican) children and the second on Chinese schoolchildren in Beijing. Explanatory style was related to depressive symptoms for the Chinese sample, but not for the African American or Latino samples. The intervention produced a significant reduction in depressive symptoms for the Latino and Chinese samples but not for the African American group. The commentary suggests possible reasons for these discrepancies and highlights the exemplary elements of these benchmark studies.