Are there some things your child is naturally better at than other people? What if you could spot those areas of talent and turn them into strengths? That’s what this episode is precisely about.
In This Episode, You Will Hear About:
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The importance of knowing your own strengths
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Why the Strengths-Based parenting approach to raising children is crucial
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How to notice, appreciate, support, and build on your child’s talents
- The difference between focussing on your child’s weakness versus managing their weakness
- How to cultivate your child’s interests and turn them into strengths
Resources Mentioned During the Episode:
- If you don’t know your own strengths, read StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Gallup
- Have a child that is 15 years old and above? Read CliftonStrengths for Students
- Have a child between 10 to 14? Read StrengthsExplorer for Ages 10 to 14
- Strengths Based Parenting: Developing Your Children’s Innate Talents
- Listen to our episode about a Strengths Based Marriage
- How To Raise Resilient, Gritty, and Passionate Kids
- Why We Need To Teach Our Kids To Fail
Listen To All Of Our Mini Episodes Explaining Each Strength Theme:
- The Achiever Child
- The Caring Child
- The Competing Child
- The Confident Child
- The Dependable Child
- The Discoverer Child
- The Future Thinker Child
- The Organizer Child
- The Presence Child
- The Relating Child
Quotes and Tweets:
- What would happen if we studied what was right with people versus what’s wrong with people? – Don Clifton
- We must look at children in need not as problems but as individuals with potential … I would hope we could find creative ways to draw out of our children the good that there is in each of them. — Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Strengths-based parenting does not ignore weaknesses but learns and teaches how to manage them.
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Watch for these four indicators of budding talent: Yearnings, rapid learning, satisfaction, and timelessness.
- Spot what the areas of talent are for our children and then pour the investment into them to grow into strengths.
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