Strengths Based Parenting: Developing Your Children's Innate Talents

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How can you discover your childrens unique talents And how can you use your own talents and strengths to be the most effective and supportive parent possible

Strengths Based Parenting addresses these and other questions on parents minds. But unlike many parenting books, Strengths Based Parenting focuses on identifying and understanding what your children are naturally good at and where they thrive not on their weaknesses. The book also helps you uncover your own innate talents and effectively apply them to your individual parenting style.

Youll find stories, examples and practical advice as well as a strengths assessment access code for parents and one for kids, so you can take the first step to discovering your innate talents and those of your children.
Grounded in decades of Gallup research on strengths psychology as highlighted in Gallups StrengthsFinder 2.0, which has sold nearly 5 million copies to date Strengths Based Parenting shows you how to uncover your kids top talents and your own.

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Mary Reckmeyer, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Gallups Donald O. Clifton Child Development Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Under her leadership, the center has received national attention for excellence in early childhood education, workplace contribution and developmental results and has helped thousands of children build their lives around their strengths. The center has served as a model for schools nationwide and as a training center for teacher development and education.

Reckmeyer has been with Gallup for more than 30 years. She has served as an Educational and Strengths-Based Development Consultant and Seminar Leader; studied talent-based interviews of more than 2,000 individuals, including children, teachers and parents; and helped create the Clifton Youth StrengthsExplorer, an assessment designed to identify talent in young people. Reckmeyer also coauthored How Full Is Your Bucket For Kids, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket

Reckmeyer is a former teacher who holds degrees in education and educational psychology. Her research has included youth strengths development, parents of minority achieving students, learning disabilities, educational programming and lifespan development. She has studied outstanding schools and has conducted formal research into what makes an outstanding child care center.

Reckmeyer and her husband live in Lincoln, Nebraska, and have four children.