Fishful Thinking Parenting Tool and Pepperidge Farm Gift Basket Giveaway-CLOSED

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Growing up I thought a parents job was easy but now a father of three I see that is not the case.  Raising kids is a very difficult job and sometimes parents could use a little help and guidance. Fishful Thinking by Pepperidge Farm is a great tool for parents.

Fishful Thinking is made up of five key ingredients that we as parents can strengthen in our children and they are Optimism, Resilience, Goal Setting, Empowerment, and Emotional Awareness. Fishful Thinking is a terrific site with so much to offer parents so they can raise positive kids.
Under each of the five ingredients you will find a ton of great information like a definition of the category word, articles, activities, videos and facts. For example:

Optimism is the skill of focusing on the positive – without denying the negative – and channeling one’s energy toward what is controllable. Optimistic people expect good things to happen in their lives and work toward creating positive change. Fishful ThinkingSM helps parents learn new ways to promote optimism in their families and to create an environment that fosters positive emotions and the belief in possibilities.

Another feature of Fishful Thinking that caught my eye was the Quick Finder at the top right of the site. The Quick Finder lets you jump right to certain articles based on a child’s age and the skill set you are interested in reading more about. The first thing you would do is select the child’s age and the second thing you would select is the skill set you have an interest in. After that it will display all of the articles based on your criteria.

Pepperidge Farm has a ton of great products like Goldfish, Tim Tams, crackers and now they have a great parenting resource to add to their awesome line up of products.

There is so much more to Fishful thinking then is in my review so when you get a few minutes head over to Fishful Thinking and look around. You will find so many useful articles, videos and information that you can apply to your everyday life.

Pepperidge Farm has been nice enough to offer three lucky Look What Mom Found...and Dad too! readers a chance to win a Pepperidge Farm gift basket.  All you have to do is go to Fishful Thinking and tell me one fact not listed in this review.

To receive these extra opportunities for entries, you must fulfill the first REQUIRED entry above and please be sure your email in your comment, attached to you blogger dashboard or easily seen on your website/blog. I will not search through About Me/Contact Me links.

Your entries must follow the rules or they won’t be eligible for prizes. This contest ends 11:59 pm, Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The winners will be emailed and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. This contest is open to US residents only. For complete rules please read our contest rules page.

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  1. Linda Kish said...

    There is a very cute video The Goldfish Guide to Raising Optimistic Kids. Also, you can download PDF version

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  4. debbiekl said...

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  35. cdziuba said...

    I learned this:


    Facts About Empowerment
    Empowerment, or self-efficacy, is believing in oneself. It is knowing what your strengths are and how to use your strengths to navigate challenges and reach your goals.

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  58. mamawj said...

    main entry: I like the Fishful Thinking Quiz the site offers which is a short quiz parents can take that was developed by Dr Karen Reivich in which she gives you differant examples to what choice your child would choose from differant everyday life situations & she tells you based on the answers you chose what suggestions she would offer to that child to help build better self esteem or better choices, very helpful site that they offer thanks
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  77. the Adkins said...

    Children who are comfortable with the full range of feelings have an easier time connecting with others, are more at ease with themselves, and are strong communicators.

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  92. Paula said...

    I really like this quote from the site "Hope isn’t just passively wishing and waiting for something to happen. Hope leads to the drive to set and pursue goals, take risks and initiate action."

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    I learned that kids who are optimistic have greater motivation, greater resilience, more positive moods, higher achievement and a greater sense of control. That's amazing!

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  167. Snowflake07 said...

    Some facts about emotional awareness are that it is critical to forming healthy relationships and it's necessary for overall mental health. An activity you could do to help a child get to know themselves better is to make a "Grateful Sayings" poster.

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