Know Your Parenting Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Become the Best Parent You Can Be
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--Book Review > Nonfiction > "Know Your Parenting Personality" by Janet Levine, Jan 19, 2003
Know Your Parenting Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Become the Best Parent You Can Be is a powerful new book on parenting by author and educator Janet Levine. In this book Levine applies The Enneagram, a popular system of personality mapping, to parenting. The book is geared towards book clubs and discussion groups and includes a discussion guide.
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The Enneagram, a popular system of personality mapping, has helped millions of people get a better understanding of their motivations, talents, and problems. With this unique guide, Enneagram expert Janet Levine applies the system to parenting--and shows people how to develop richer, stronger, less stressful relationships with their children.
A simple test helps people discover their Enneagram parenting type--Moralizer, Helper, Organizer, Dreamer, Observer, Questioner, Entertainer, Protector, or Peacekeeper--which corresponds to one of the nine standard Enneagram types.
An insightful discussion of each parenting type, including lots of practical tips on interacting with a c hild who has a different type, helps people deepen communication, change self-defeating behavior patterns, and encourage the flowering of a child's own personality.
Know Your Parenting Personality includes a section of points for further discussion.
Janet Levine's newest book is to this generation of parents what Haim Ginott's "Between Parent and Child" was to the '60s and Thomas Gordon's "Parent Effectiveness Training" was to the '70s. This book addresses people who have the most motivation to bring about change: parents. They will find effective action strategies to promote greater understanding, compassion and self-esteem for both parent and child. I highly recommend this book to all parents. -- Sammylane Wirth, PH.D Family Therapist, Parent Educator
Janet Levine has written a wonderful book. She has translated and applied the material on personality typology in a manner which is cogent, accessible and engaging for both clinicians and parents. This is an extremely valuable resource for everyone who seeks to understand parent-child interaction, and will help many individuals become more empathic toward themselves and the ones they love. --Joseph G. Schaller, Psy.D. Clinical Psychologist; Director, The Postgraduate Center, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University;Private Practice with Children and Adults
Janet Levine's revolutionary and valuable new book directs readers to specific action programs to make lasting improvements within their family dynamics. It is clearly written, helpful and empowering; a must read for all parents, would-be parents, and professionals who work with parents. -- Sarah M. Drennan, Ph.D Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and psychotherapist in private practice.
“…An interesting concept, well presented with lots of practical advice and case studies…” (Junior, July 2003)
Book Description
Knowing yourself helps your child
Are you a Helper or an Organizer? A Dreamer or an Entertainer? No matter which of the personality types on the Enneagram you are, this groundbreaking system gives you the vision to see the world as your child sees it-and the power to use this vision to achieve all of your parenting goals.
Know Your Parenting Personality helps you discover how your personality motivates the way you behave as a parent and how your child's personality interacts with your own. As an expert on personality, Janet Levine has pioneered a new understanding of the Enneagram based on hundreds of interviews with parents. You'll learn how to recognize your greatest parenting strengths and weaknesses and how to free yourself to become a true guide and mentor to your child. This invaluable parenting guide helps you:
Read Know Your Parenting Personality and become the parent you always wanted to be.
Know Your Parenting Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Become the Best Parent You Can Be
Know Your Parenting Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Become the Best Parent You Can Be,Janet Levine,Wiley,0471250619,Child Development,Child Development And Rearing,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family/Marriage,Parenting - General,Personality,Advice on parenting,Family & Relationships / Child Development
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