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Uploaded on Apr 22, 2011

Peter L. Benson, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Search Institute, is one of the world's leading authorities on positive human development. Dr. Benson is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on child and adolescent development and social change, including, most recently, Sparks: How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers Dr. Benson's international reputation in human development emerged in the 1990s through his innovative, research-based framework of Developmental Assets, the most widely recognized approach to positive youth development in the United States and, increasingly, around the world. Before joining Search Institute in 1978, Dr. Benson was chair of the psychology department and chair of the program in human development and social relations at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.

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  • christemple8

    christemple8 1 year ago

    This talk is fantastic but not sure why he whispers throughout the whole thing, super distracting

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  • 79guitarherofreak

    79guitarherofreak 8 months ago

    THEY MADE ME WATCH THIS FOR HOMEWORK

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  • Roy Siegfriedt

    Roy Siegfriedt 1 month ago

    Very Inspirational. Very real. Very true. "Human deelopment is about today..." Good reminder for all of us adults.

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  • savedbybravado

    savedbybravado 3 months ago

    Emphasis.

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    savedbybravado 3 months ago

    This makes me sad. :'(

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  • Lissbirds

    Lissbirds 3 months ago

    I feel the same way. Welcome to adulthood. It's really sad. :( I used to love a lot of things; nothing interests me anymore. I'm too worn out to have dreams.

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  • WellUnder9000

    WellUnder9000 3 months ago

    As I watched this I realized I have no spark. I used to, I loved music, for a brief time after that was crushed out of me, poetry, I used to really like math, hockey before regulations and asshat players destroyed it for me. No more. It's gone. Crushed out. Blown out. Eraticated. I guess I'll go spend thousands of dollars so I have a higher chance (not by any means a guarantee anymore) to get a job I despise. That's all I have left.

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  • Amy Piatt-Knight

    Amy Piatt-Knight 3 months ago

    me too

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  • frogslips

    frogslips 3 months ago

    Fantastic. So inspirational.

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  • Carol Rowe

    Carol Rowe 4 months ago

    Yes he died

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  • Johnny Burke

    Johnny Burke 4 months ago

    I disagree.

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    Johnny Burke 4 months ago

    Did he croak?

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