How to use strengths finder with your kids

Anna Lillie is a 16-year old family friend whose lived experiences felt invaluable to this topic.

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Kari Kampakis is an author, speaker, blogger, and newspaper columnist from Birmingham, Alabama. Her two books for teen girls, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know and Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For, have been used widely across the country by teen youth groups and small groups to empower girls through faith. Kari’s book, Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter, released in August 2020.

Kari’s work has been featured on The Huffington Post, The TODAY Show, EWTN, Proverbs 31, Yahoo! News, The Eric Metaxas Show, Ann Voskamp’s blog, and other national outlets. She and her husband, Harry, have four daughters and a dog named Lola.

Learn more by visiting www.karikampakis.com or finding Kari on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

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Using different terminology than "glory", Rebekah Cornelius shows us how our kids are born with talents that when developed, become strengths. Many of us have heard of Strengths Finder. In this interview, you'll learn how it can be useful to 1) spot in our younger kids, 2) explore with kids 10-14, and 3) identify with older teens. 

Mentioned in this interview: Strength Based Parenting and Clifton Technical Report (all the research).

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Ella Bruno has lived a long story of broken friendships. In this interview, she and I talk about that journey: lessons learned, perspective that comes from age, and reflections of a teen on her generation. I hope it is encouraging even as it's heart breaking. This would probably be a good one to share with your daughter.

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Becky Young is a LPCC and Spiritual Director with Restoration Counseling. With 14 years prior experience building a wedding photography business, Becky has journeyed through finding identity and purpose in a cluttered world.

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In this interview, I am joined by my husband, Chris Bruno, truly an expert in the fathering space. As co-founder and CEO of Restoration Project, author of Man Maker Project and Brotherhood Primer, and owner of Restoration Counseling Center, Chris has made it his life's work to help men become better men. In fact, the fatherhood companion to Fierce & Lovely Moms is No Regrets with Restoration Project.

In this conversation, we talk about why dads (or dad figures) are important in daughter's lives. What to do if things are strained. The role mom plays in helping to cultivate their relationship and more.

Resources:

Meg Meeker's Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

A VOICE BECOMING Appendix B

Stay tuned for Restoration Project's mini-course on Fathering Daughters

Check out Restoration Project's backpacking trip for fathers and daughters ages 14-16

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We're talking about cultivating faith in our daughters, especially if they don't like or have a church, youth group, or para church group. Beth talks with Bethany Beal, co-founder of Girl Defined Ministries a popular YouTube channel, conference, podcast and book series for young Christian women. 

As you listen, consider:

Do you know of a young woman who could serve as a mentor?

What are the positive messages you and/or daughter hear and listen to? What is God's view? Do you see this as a stumbling block for faith?

Do you feel equipped to have hard conversations about sexuality, identity, and more with her? What can you do to feel more prepared?

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Bill Henson started Posture Shift in 2006 as a missionary to the LGBTQ community. His heart is big and his perspective so so helpful. I think no matter where you land theologically, you can't argue with our call to love radically.

Learn more about Posture Shift.

Learn more about Guiding Families.

Mentioned in this interview:

Dr. Preston Sprinkle's People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality is not just an Issue

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Clare is a church planter, pastor and social activist. She is a formally trained Spiritual Director, author of three Enneagram Books and President of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) Great Lakes Chapter. As a credentialed Professional and Teacher with the IEA she has developed a program that certifies Enneagram instructors in the Harmony Triads. Clare is also cited as a recommended Instructor with First Analysis Institute of Integrative Studies, Loyola University Chicago. In addition to Clare’s work with Spiritual Communities, she currently serves on boards for Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force, and Sexual Assault Services Calhoun County Advisory Board.

Learn more at scottandclareloughrige.org

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David Eaton is the President of Axis which he co-founded in 2007. Every year Axis speaks to 10,000+ students face-to-fce and every month Axis digital products equip 120,000+ parents, grandparents, pastors, and teachers. In 2018 Axis helped caring adults start 1,700,000 conversations, that they would not have started without Axis, with their 8-18- year- olds.

Learn more about Culture Translator, Parent Guides, and all that Axis offers here.

Learn more about David's book, Smart Phone Sanity, here or Engaging your Teen's World, here.

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