Podcast 0009 - How To Relate To Your Child's Different Personality

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In this episode, Antonia and Joel talk about how to relate to children if they are a different personality type than you, in particular, their learning style. Since there are different ways of seeing the world, we have a tendency to see the ‘other’ as broken or rebellious behavior in our children. What if they’re just responding to their natural wiring?

In this podcast you’ll find:

• Question from reader Andrea, “So as an intuitive type I am very curious to learn more about what it’s like to experience the world as a sensor. What motivates sensing types? What makes them feel good and what stresses them out? How can an intuitive mom help nurture the sensors around her so that everyone can shine?”
• The difference between sensory and intuitive learning styles.
• The percentage breakdown of the two styles, and what the disparity may mean.
• An intuitive parent may have an advantage in that they already have sensors on their radar.
• We all have both abilities, but we do have a clear preference.
• We’re good at our preferences because we clock so many hours using them.
• Intuitives get good at speculation, Sensors get good at mastering the physical realm like with athletics or spotting details.
• Intuitives help innovate, while Sensors create and maintain standards.
• Sensor kids have needs like being aware of their physical comfort and safety.
• Intuitive kids will often not see the rules as applying to them, so they may not be ‘rebellious’ when disregarding rules. Be careful before diagnosing them as ‘broken’
• Get yourself and your kids tested.

Things we reference in this podcast:

• Follow this link to get your own learning style tested. (Remember, if you test as either Memory or Sensation, you are a Sensor; if you test as Perspsectives or Exploration you are an Intuitive.)
• Follow this link for an assessment designed for children.

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Our program Personality Types in Children & Family dives deep into the personality types and dynamics of all family members, as well as tools for keeping them happy and healthy. Give your kids a major advantage by understanding by ordering Personality Types in Children & Family.

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