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Why I believe in Parenting by Temperament: Part II Nurture and Discipline
The fit (misfit?) between your child’s temperament and your own is no small matter in good parenting. If it is as normal as breathing for you to pick up anything dropped on the floor almost before it lands, if being … Continue reading
Why I believe in Parenting by Temperament–Part I.
Since our first books were published in 2004, and our more recent book in 2009 (Parenting by Temperament: The New Revised Raising Cuddlebugs and Bravehearts) we have been trying to spread the message that knowing the temperament of the parent … Continue reading
Effortful control: The uber temperament?
(German readers, please forgive the use of uber without an umlaut. I don’t know how to do it in this program). Do the various temperaments stand on their own? is it possible that there is a still higher regulator? In … Continue reading
Free Temperament Book in a Tit for Tat
NOTE: SORRY TO SAY, THE FOLLOWING ONLY WORKS FOR U.S. AND CANADA! We are offering free copies of our book Parenting by Temperament in return for joining our Forum. This forum, (GO HERE) of course is also free of charge. … Continue reading
Temperament: Tiger Moms and Chinese Children
The story of the Chinese Tiger Mom has received great attention–and deservedly so. At the center of it all is Amy Chua, a Yale law professor and mother of two daughters. She has had a best selling book, and widely … Continue reading
The Four Temperaments and politics, strength, strife and what to do about it!
There is a newly published book out called Quiet: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN’T STOP TALKING. It looks intriguing and will no doubt generate new thoughts for another day. Today, however, there is an introductory piece … Continue reading
Temperament: Why we need all the temperaments to make the world work!
Do we really need all four temperaments to make the world work? We can answer this in two very different ways. First, if–as in the recent mind experiment blogs here–the whole world consisted of only one temperament, then perhaps not. … Continue reading
Temperament: What if Keirsey’s Rationals (NTs) really did rule the world?
Rationals as rulers of the world! That might be a scary concept. This is the last of the series in which we have asked this question about each of Keirsey’s four temperaments (the SP Artisans, SJ Guardians, NF Idealists, and … Continue reading
Posted in And careers, And politics?, And the Family, Anything/Everything-Temperament
Tagged NTs, rationals, technology
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Temperament: Describing Keirsey’s Rationals (NTs)
This week, we look at Keirsey’s description for NT Rationals. In previous weeks we have looked at his temperament descriptions for Artisans (SPs), Guardians (SJs) and Idealists (NFs) and then asked what the world would be like if everyone the … Continue reading
Posted in And careers, Anything/Everything-Temperament
Tagged logic, logical decisions, NTs, rationals
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Temperament: What if Keirsey’s Idealists (NFs) really did rule the world?
Our issue of the day is asking what the world would be like if Keirsey’s NF Idealists truly ruled it. In last week’s blog I did my best to describe Keirsey’s NF Idealists on his terms. Bear in mind as … Continue reading
Posted in Anything/Everything-Temperament
Tagged consensus, Idealists, Keirsey's Idealists (NFs), permissiveness
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