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

Unlock your children's potential by helping them build their strengths.

This game-changing book shows us the extraordinary results of focusing on our children's strengths rather than correcting their weaknesses. Most parents struggle with this shift because they suffer from a negativity bias. By showing us how to throw the 'strength switch', Lea Waters demonstrates how we can help our children build resilience, optimism, and achievement, and protect them from depression and anxiety.

As a strengths-based scientist for more than twenty years, Waters has seen how this approach enhances self-esteem and energy in children and teenagers, and how exciting and rewarding it can be for parents. With tips for specific ways to interact with your kids, Waters demonstrates how to discover talents in our children, how to use positive emotions as a resource, how to build strong brains, and how to deal with problem behaviours and difficult emotions. The Strength Switch will show parents how a small shift can yield enormous results.