The strength switch : how the new science of strength-based parenting can help your child and your teen to flourish
(2017)
By:
Waters, Lea
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
306.874/WATERS,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]
DESCRIPTION
340 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781101983645 (hardcover), 1101983647 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Standing for strength in a world obsessed with weakness -- The strength switch -- Understanding strengths -- The ages and stages of strength growth -- Attention, savoring, gratitude, and goofing off -- Mindfulness -- Self-control -- Communication -- Strength-based living in the real world -- Strong selves, strong families, strong communities, strong world
Explains how making small shifts in one's parenting style can yield big results by uncovering a child's strengths, rather than focusing on his or her weaknesses