The Strength Switch: How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071ZQJJPF |
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| Number of Pages | : | 390 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Positive psychology for parenting This is one of the most important parenting books that I have encountered. It takes many of the recent findings from positive psychology and applies them to parenting.At the time I am writing this review, there is no “look inside” feature available for this book, so I will list the chapters and their subheadings to give you a feel for the contents.CH 1: Standing for Strength in a World Obsessed with Weakness – Parents: 2Positive psychology for parenting Just Me This is one of the most important parenting books that I have encountered. It takes many of the recent findings from positive psychology and applies them to parenting.At the time I am writing this review, there is no “look inside” feature available for this book, so I will list the chapters and their subheadings to give you a feel for the contents.CH 1: Standing for Strength in a World Obsessed with Weakness – Parents: 24/7 CEOs of our kids’ lives; Strength-based parenting: the antidote to “parent overwhelm”; Why focusing on strengths makes sense today; So, what exactly is strength-ba. /7 CEOs of our kids’ lives; Strength-based parenting: the antidote to “parent overwhelm”; Why focusing on strengths makes sense today; So, what exactly is strength-ba. a said A useful book on Strength-Based Parenting with stories and lessons. Positive Parenting is just one of the many new ways for parents to raise their children, and "The Strength Switch" is another tool that parents may use to help with that philosophy, and like other parenting tools, such as Love & Logic, it can even work with spouses and coworkers. Written by a PhD and mother who had already been utilizing Positive Psychology, Lea Waters shows parents how to take those concepts to help their children be the best versions of themselves. In a nutshell, the idea of Strength-Based Parenting, or SBP, is to focus not on improving children's weaknesses, but rather honing their strengths. By doin. A breath of fresh air in today's negative world seagull This is a much-needed book for today's parents. At some point in the recent past, it seems that everything became about a child's self-esteem. Coaches and teachers started giving out "Participant" awards when kids simply showed up, rather than expecting a child to master skills and earn rewards and praise. This developed a culture of entitlement among many of our kids. The backlash against that has swung to the opposite extreme, and today's environment is now rather harsh and unforgiving toward kids. With so much bullying, teen suicide, extreme competitiveness, and other negatives, the focus is so often on what's wrong
Unlock your children's potential by helping them build their strengths.This game-changing book shows us the extraordinary results of focusing on our children's strengths rather than always trying to correct their weaknesses. With many suggestions for specific ways to interact with your kids, Waters demonstrates how to discover strengths and talents in our children, how to use positive emotions as a resource, how to build strong brains, and even how to deal with problem behaviors and talk about difficult situations and emotions. As revolutionary yet simple as Mindset and Grit, The Strength Switch will show parents how a small shift can yield enormous results.. Yet more on the plus side: Parents find it a particularly exciting and rewarding way to raise children. Most parents struggle with this shift because they suffer from a negativity bias, thanks to evolutionary development, giving them "strengths blindness". As a strengths-based scientist for more than 20 years, 10 of them spent focusing on strengths-based parenting, Waters has seen how this approach enhances self-esteem and energy in both children and teenagers. By showing us how