Kids today experience a great deal of stress and confront complex challenges. For most parents it’s hard to know how to best help them through these difficult times. Luckily, parents can learn simple ways to teach kids the skills that shape a positive attitude, enable them to overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
Pepperidge Farm has been committed to promoting a healthy lifestyle for over forty years by offering parents wholesome snacks made with no artificial preservatives. The Goldfish® brand partnered with Positive Psychology leader and mother of four, Dr. Karen Reivich, to create Fishful Thinking. Fishful Thinking is a program for parents that helps them to raise children who have a positive attitude and can confidently tackle life’s challenges.
Fishful Thinking is comprised of five Key Ingredients:
- Optimism: Focusing on the positive things in life.
- Emotional Awareness: Expressing and controlling your feelings.
- Goal Setting/Hope: Finding ways to achieve your goals.
- Resilience: Coping with life’s ups and downs.
- Empowerment: Identifying and using your strengths and skills.
With Fishful Thinking, parents can:
- talk with kids about how to deal with the ups and downs of life
- teach effective problem-solving techniques to help kids grow with a feeling of competence
- help kids develop an optimistic attitude that allows them to move past setbacks and obstacles
- help kids to develop their confidence and reach their full potential
- empower themselves to develop positive communication with their children and practice the skills with their kids using fun, easy activities
- connect with other parents to find solutions that help develop happier, healthier, more resilient children.
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