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Book

The strength switch : how the new science of strength-based parenting can help you and your child flourish

Call Number

  • 306.874 W329 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Avery, [2017]

Physical Description

340 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Contents

  • 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.

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