Avery The Strength Switch: How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish Hardcover – Illustrated, 11 July 2017

Happy with the purchase

Buenísimo este libro. Nos ayuda enfocarnos a la hora de formar y educar a los niños, y hasta sirve para hacer trabajo personal. Me gustó mucho.

applicaple in so many aspects of life

I am a mom of four who voraciously reads books on parenting. Over the past decade I've been carrying, giving birth to, and raising these kids I hope will flourish, I've collected A LOT of books. I've digested a lot of great ideas, but they often don't work in real-life scenarios. And sometimes, you face something there isn't a book for. Take, for example, my toddler's accidental burn injury. Even my pediatrician was at a loss for words about the right way to piece my family back together in the aftermath of trauma. Through that difficult time there was no concrete advice for, I learned to lead by the heart and to trust my instincts. Now, I parent four different ways every day. I conclude there is NO right way or a perfect solution, but by showing up with love, I feel like I am a good enough mom. That's what keeps me chugging along.... However, there is one thing that I have practiced over the years that has carried me through the uncertain and treacherous terrain of parenting: I see my kids through their strengths.That's pretty much the ONLY parenting technique that works for all four of my unique children. Well, along with love. I parent with strengths and love. Listen, I am not an expert. Heck I might even be a flawed practitioner of what any book preaches, because I am simply a REAL mom who tries her hardest every day. But I have noticed that focusing on strengths never fails to steer me wrong.Since I am raising multiple children, I am often asked how I "survive" my daily chaos, and what books I recommend. I stand firm on my belief that focusing on what's good in our children is a universal and important parenting technique we all should adopt, but I've needed an expert voice to lean on.Along came The Strength Switch by Lea Waters, PhD and this book is parenting gold! I'll be purchasing this books for friends, as a gift for teachers (it makes a fabulous holiday gift), and recommending it anytime I am asked how to raise thriving children!Written by a distinguished positive psychologist (and mother of two) who draws on decades of personal and clinical experience, The Strength Switch delivers an approach to parenting that is simple, practical, and effective.Waters arms her readers with the knowledge of our negativity bias (seeing strengths can be hard), but shows us why and how we can work at shifting towards a parenting style that will build resilience, optimism, and an enduring sense of achievement. Strength-based parenting helps us not only to see what is "right" about our children, but inspires us to discover their strengths and talents. By nurturing their strengths, they just might flourish.At the end of the day, isn't that the goal?If you are feeling even slightly intimidated about delving into a science-based book, DON'T! Despite layers of fascinating research and insightful experiences, what drives the lessons of Strength Switch home is the authentic voice of its author.Waters is a REAL mom who gets it, and guides us through a more effective way to parent with compassion and humility. Her "real mom" stories plant seeds of hope that by flipping on our strength switch, we just might have more parenting wins than failures.Buy this book -- it won't steer you wrong! You might just leave it on your nightstand and refer back to it over and over again. At least, I will, because The Strength Switch is the universal parenting manual I've been wishing I had since the moment I became a mom.

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