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Date:        December 21, 2005                                                                                                                             

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Decode Your Kids Code

New York Times Bestselling Author Kids CANNOT Be
Anything They Want to Be

 

New Book Offers Parents Tools to Discover Children’s Unique Talents

 

“Overscheduled” Children Fallout of Societal Trend to Produce “Super Kids”

 

 

 (NASHVILLE, TN) Contrary to popular belief and pop psychology, New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado claims that people CANNOT be anything they want in his new book, Cure for the Common Life (W Publishing Group, January 2006). Instead, Lucado asserts that the very philosophy meant to empower people to “be all that you can be” has instead led to a sobering state of dissatisfaction. This illness especially affects the way Americans parent their children.

 

In a quest to produce “super kids,” parents are prone to overschedule with activities—urging children to pursue areas that may not be specifically matched to their God-given uniqueness. Instead, Lucado urges parents to view their children as a written book awaiting their study rather than a blank slate waiting their pen.

 

What is the cure?  Lucado provides an immediate prescription in Cure for the Common Life—complete with a self-assessment tool developed by People Management Inc., a leading personnel management firm, which leads parents through the steps for discovering their unique gifts, as well as their children’s, and then applying them to achieve unique purposes. In describing the distinctiveness of each person, Lucado asserts, “Can an acorn become a rose, a whale fly like a bird, or lead become gold? Absolutely not. You cannot be anything you want to be, but you can be everything God wants you to be.”

 

Drawing on decades of research conducted by People Management Incorporated, Lucado says, “Childhood tendencies forecast adult abilities.” Parents will be able to pinpoint their children’s unique gifts through the included assessment tool based on a series of five basic questions:  1. What are your child’s Strengths?  2. What is your child’s Topic?  3. What is your child’s Optimal setting?  4. What about your child’s  Relationships?  5. What are your  child’s “Yes!” moments? What is your child’s S.T.O.R.Y.?.

 

Calling that intersection between affections and successes the “sweet spot,” Lucado unveils practical methods in Cure for the Common Life to “decode your kid’s code” so that parents may be able to truly bring meaning and happiness to the life that is already within each child.

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Including a “Sweet Spot Discovery Guide” and additional resources available on-line, Cure for the Common Life helps readers discover and chart a prescription for happiness, fulfillment and God-given contentment for their children as well as themselves.

 

Max Lucado is available for interview.

 

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Cure for the Common Life

Max Lucado

Available January 2006

W Publishing Group

Hardcover, ISBN 0849900082, $22.99

240 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Religion/Christianity/Christian Life

Spanish edition, Softcover, ISBN 0881139025, $13.99

Webinar: www.maxlucado.com/discoverthecure

 

 

 

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