Know Your Parenting Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Become the Best Parent You Can Be

by Janet Levine

Knowing yourself helps your child Are you a Helper or an Organizer? A Dreamer or an Entertainer? Nomatter which of the personality types on the Enneagram you are,this groundbreaking system gives you the vision to see the world asyour child sees it-and the power to use this vision to achieve allof your parenting goals. Know Your Parenting Personality helps you discover how yourpersonality motivates the way you behave as a parent and how yourchild's personality interacts with your own. As an expert onpersonality, Janet Levine has pioneered a new understanding of theEnneagram based on hundreds of interviews with parents. You'lllearn how to recognize your greatest parenting strengths andweaknesses and how to free yourself to become a true guide andmentor to your child. This invaluable parenting guide * Establish stronger connections with your child * Eliminate self-defeating behavior patterns * Deepen parent--child communication * Reduce stress in your home * Gain self awareness and identify your parenting strengths * Support the flowering of your child's personality Read Know Your Parenting Personality and become the parent youalways wanted to be.

Genres: Parenting, Psychology

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Janet Levine

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About this author

Janet Levine grew up, attended university, married had two sons in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently she lives in south west Florida.
From the age of 14 she was an anti-apartheid activist and from the age of 18 a freelance journalist, published in South Africa's largest newspapers. She was one of the youngest ever elected councilors on the Johannesburg City Council and took part in the struggle for human rights against apartheid (see her political memoir "Inside Apartheid").
After moving to the USA, Janet founded several non-profit organizations, published four books, continued work as a freelance journalist. She is working on a novel VELD FIRE set in South Africa in 1960. She has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Boston Globe, the Yale Review, et al.
for several decades she taught philosophy and literature at Milton Academy, Massachusetts.
Find out more about Janet and her work at www.janetlevine.com and read her blog at www.janetlevine.com/blog

Reviews

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Janet Levine's "Know Your Parenting Personality" is a truly enlightening read. By leveraging the Enneagram, Levine deftly highlights the strengths and blind spots of various parenting styles through engaging stories and personal accounts. I found it incredibly helpful in revealing aspects of my own personality that I hadn't considered. The detailed exploration of different Enneagram types offered deep insights, making it easier to understand and empathize with other parents' actions and motivations. This book is a transformative tool for anyone seeking to become a more self-aware and effective parent.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not really a parenting book, but a basic introduction to the Enneagram. It is an ok introduction to the subject, but it could have been organized better.

[Leah Compston · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admit I only read the section applying to my Enneagram type, but I found it mildly helpful, if obvious.

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

As someone who enjoys the engage am philosophy, I found this book interesting. If you don’t already know your type- it would be a little confusing.

[Garland Vance · Rating 1 out of 5]

Of the various resources I've read about the Enneagram, this was the least informative and least applicable. I do not feel like a better parent after reading it because the information was poorly communicated.

[Maria (Ri) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A helpful, if basic, look at the Enneagram personality theory and how it plays out in parenting.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was ok. Most of the advice given for my "type" of parent is stuff i already knew, but at least it's a good reminder of the things I should be working on. Certainly not a life-changing read.