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Positive Parenting - Martin Seligman Sleeping with babies Synchrony (mimicking) games Toys that promote flow “No” Provide unconditional Save PRAISE for real success Chores Best Moments Pre-view tomorrow Dreamland In rare circumstances, make a deal Build a cardboard house together A children’s strengths survey Recalling good and bad things from the day Match to strengths Immediate and significant positive (highly desired toy) Focus on happy picture Eating or reading together Spending time together Interactive at wide range of levels At about age five Love Affection Ebullience Warmth Calibrate it to the scale of the success Say it repeatedly while falling asleep Intend to dream about it Call up a happy picture in your mind Make it into a movie No more than twice per childhood Only as a last resort For promise to change unwanted behavior, with clear, meaningful, and significant consequences for that positive on first and second breach of promise (temporary, then permanent loss of toy) Good predictor of future positive mental health Reserved strictly for Dangers Limit setting Not inconveniences Non-depressed adults Average 2 positive to 1 negative thought What did you like today? Children should be higher What do you want to do tomorrow ? Works well at the age of five Seligman, M. E. (2002). Authentic happiness: using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment. New York: Free Press. Ivan Staroversky - www.StarOverSky.com

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Page 1: Positive parenting martin seligman

Positive Parenting - Martin Seligman

Sleeping with babies

Synchrony (mimicking) games

Toys that promote flow

“No”Provide unconditional

Save PRAISE for real successChores

Best Moments

Pre-view tomorrow

DreamlandIn rare circumstances, make a deal

Build a cardboard house together

A children’s strengths survey

Recalling good and bad things from the day

Match to strengths

Immediate and significant positive (highly desired toy)Focus on happy picture

Eating or reading together

Spending time together

Interactive at wide range of levels

At about age five

Love

Affection

Ebullience

Warmth

Calibrate it to the scale of the success

Say it repeatedly while falling asleep

Intend to dream about it

Call up a happy picture in your mind Make it into a movieNo more than twice per childhood

Only as a last resort

For promise to change unwanted behavior, with clear, meaningful, and significant consequences for that positive on first and second breach of promise (temporary, then permanent loss of toy)

Good predictor of future positive mental health

Reserved strictly forDangers

Limit settingNot inconveniences

Non-depressed adultsAverage 2 positive to 1 negative thought

What did you like today?

Children should be higher

What do you want to do tomorrow ?

Works well at the age of five

Seligman, M. E. (2002). Authentic happiness: using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment. New York: Free Press.

Ivan Staroversky - www.StarOverSky.com