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Working Through Situations With Your Intense Child

If you are not a temperamentally intense person, it can be difficult to understand a temperamentally intense child. I am definitely not what you would call an intense person, I’m pretty easygoing and generally go with the flow. Dylan, on the other hand, is very intense. He reacts to things, both positive and negative, in a very strong way. It is never difficult to know what he thinks about something. Children with intense temperaments bring a depth of experience into our worlds that we have not previously known, if we are not intense ourselves. When they laugh, it comes from … Continue reading →

Adjust Discipline to Fit the Child

Read any parenting book and it will probably give you a chapter or two on discipline. Some are very specific and detailed with their lists of what disciplinary techniques to use for which circumstances. I have found, however, that while it is great to have a good variety of discipline techniques in one’s tool bag, it is also important to consider the temperament of the child and to choose discipline that works and fits the individual. Not every style or philosophy works with every child (or with every parent.) For example, as a busy single parent, I learned long ago … Continue reading →

Personalities in the Classroom

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In a class of twenty children, there are bound to be all types of personalities. Some students are more outgoing, others are quiet, some are aggressive, and others are very passive. Some children tend to dominate wherever they go while other children are almost overlooked. As a teacher, it is very important to strive to create equality among the students. A good classroom has various learners and is not overflowing with one type of personality. However, it is sometimes easy to let dominate students control the activities and lessons. These students are always sitting with their hand up or yelling … Continue reading →

When You and Your Child’s Temperament DON’T Match

One of the major adjustments to and challenges of parenting is getting used to an entirely new little person and personality. No matter who you imagined your unborn child would be or how blissfully and psychically you thought you would be communicating, sometimes a parent and a child have temperaments that not only don’t “match”, but they can really be an abrasive clash! Just because this is one of the common adjustments to parenting certainly doesn’t make it easy–it can be a lifelong process coping with major personality differences between we parents and our children. I know when I was … Continue reading →

Parents: Considering Homeschooling?

It’s that time of year. Parents are wrapping up another school year with their kids. Hopefully this was a fantastic year but sometimes parents are faced with the challenge of making difficult educational decisions for their children’s future school career. Perhaps your child is struggling to keep up. Perhaps the social experience of school was painful and difficult for your child. Perhaps your child has shown gifts that their current school is not prepared to support. Maybe your child has been diagnosed with a learning disability or ADHD and you question the diagnosis or the treatment. There are many situations … Continue reading →

Nurturing Temperamental Traits – Adaptability

How easy does your child adapt to transitions? If your child doesn’t mind changes in their routine and easily transitions from activity to activity them they have high adaptability. If they don’t like changes and have a hard time adjusting to new situations they have low adaptability. Low Adaptability Has your child ever cried when you said it was time to put the puzzle away and go to the park? That is because the child with low adaptability has a hard time with transitions. Even though going to the park is an enjoyable activity they were involved in the puzzle … Continue reading →

Nurturing Temperamental Traits – Regularity

Regularity describes how predictable your child’s biological functions are. Does your infant always eat every two hours? Do they take a nap at the same time everyday? Does your child stay up late or get up early? Are they never hungry at mealtime, and prefer to eat at odd hours? Regularity This child has a strong internal clock. They have a set eating, sleeping, and even pooping pattern, that is comparable to yours. They are easy to schedule around because you know when they will need attention. Although they do not easily adapt to changes in their routine, and will … Continue reading →

Nurturing Temperamental Traits – Distractibility

Distractibility is the degree of concentration that your child possesses. You’re your infant turn at every noise, even when engaged in an activity like feeding or playing with a toy? When you toddler wants something that they can’t have is it easy to distract them with something else? Or does he insist on the object of his desire? When asked to do something does your child quickly accomplish the task or do they become easily sidetracked? Easily Distracted When a child is young this trait is a lifesaver. If your child gets into something you can easily distract them with … Continue reading →

Nurturing Your Child’s Temperament

In a study, beginning in the late 1950’s, conducted by Doctors Thomas and Chess they found that “children show distinct individuality in temperament in the first weeks of life, independently of their parents’ handling or personality style.” Today child psychologist Jerome Kagan finds that “the child’s own temperamental predispositions are the major determining factors in the kind of person he becomes later in life. Whether children are independent or timid, sociable or shy, easygoing or easily depressed, he says, depends primarily on their inborn traits.” Knowing your child’s temperament traits can help you as a parent understand how your child … Continue reading →

Does My Child Have An Easy or Difficult Temperament?

No one trait is “good” or “bad” but some are definitely more difficult. Knowing your child’s temperament can help you raise your child and eliminate differences between you as a parent and child. There are certain attributes that are considered more positive or negative, but every attribute has certain positive characteristics. It is important as a parent that you focus on the positive attributes even as you help your child deal with the negative. The table below can help you determine how easy or difficult your child is to raise, as well as possible positive behavior, of the child who … Continue reading →