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Unleash Your Parenting Potential with Zest

Learn what defines this parenting strength, what motivates your parenting, how to gain energy, areas to contribute your best, and what to avoid to reduce struggles in parenting.

Description

Live with passion for each new day. Give your absolute best to parenting as life’s joy. You don’t sit on the sideline of life. Anticipate bright future with adventure.

Motivators

Pleasure & Excitement

Energizers

New Adventures and Novelties, Friendships, Laughter, Fun, Joy

Contributions

Optimism, Playfulness, Active, Energy, Open to Change, Engaged, Positive Emotions

Struggles

Flighty, Inconsistent, Easily Bored, Wrestles with Routines

Use Your Zest Strength to Meet Your Child's Basic Needs

Learn how to use this parenting strength to show love, build trust, give hope, establish structure, and bring correction for bringing out the best in your child.

Show Love

Engage with kids with enthusiasm
Celebrate big and small moments
Dote with excess and take great pride

Build Trust

Be available for frequent playful interactions
Ask kids’ likes and dislikes
Reinforce kids’ value with special moments

Give Hope

Celebrate uniqueness and their value
Look to future with exciting vision of success
Believe the best in all circumstances

Establish Structure

Make daily routines fun
Co-create home culture with everyone's buy-in

Give rewards; celebrate accomplishment

Bring Correction

Give instructions with a positive outlook
Explain consequences of actions
Look to better future when disciplining

Use These Strategies Today to Feel Confident and Truly Make a Difference in Your Family

Strategies

Bring joy and fun into your kids’ daily lives
Break up the monotony of school, chores, and bedtimes with creativity and fun
Be spontaneous, and plan fun and adventures when possible
Share your wonder of the world
Include kids in your activities and adventures

Zest

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Find the Best of You

While there are common ways that parents use their Zest strength, how you use this strength to the full extent is unique to you when combined with your other parenting strengths.

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