Tag Archive: child temperament

Jul 08

Does your child like structure or spontaneity?

This is the last of a 4-part look at your child’s personality.   The final piece of personality looks at how your child organizes life.  A child either likes to make plans and have things decided (a “judger”) or to be more spontaneous and have options open (a “perceiver”).   The words are misleading.  The …

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Jul 01

Is your child ruled by logic or emotion?

This is the third of a 4-part look at your child’s personality.   The thinking vs. feeling component of your child’s personality determines how she makes decisions.  A Thinker (T) makes decisions based on logic, using objective facts and data to reach a conclusion.  A Feeler (F), on the other hand, makes decisions based on …

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Jun 23

Does your child see the forest or the trees?

This is the second of a 4-part look at your child’s personality.   This week we’re looking at the second piece of your child’s personality – whether he’s more of a dreamer or a realist.  This aspect determines how your child takes in information, which ultimately causes him to see the world in one of two …

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Jun 17

Is your child a “people person”?

This is the first of a 4-part look at your child’s personality.   Personality is a complicated matter.  The better you understand your child’s, however, the better you’ll know how he sees the world, what’s most important to him, and how to respond to him.  There are four basic components to personality; the first is …

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