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Knowing Me, Knowing Them
“Why oh why are my kids so different from me?”
Our kids’ personalities fascinate us – they always have. It’s the reason the ‘nature’ versus ‘nurture’ debate goes on and on. But their personalities also challenge us because they are so often at odds with our own.
The problem is that to have any hope of fully understanding our kids, we – as parents – need to properly understand ourselves first. That has not been easy to do … until now.
'Knowing Me, Knowing Them' is a book designed specifically to help parents get a solid grasp of what it is that makes them tick. In three steps, this book
1.Help you discover your parenting personality type using the Enneagram
2.Explore how your personality affects your parenting style.
3.Provide further resources to help you unlock your children’s potential.
Reading 'Knowing Me, Knowing Them' will provide you with plenty of ‘aha!’ moments. You will spend less time worrying about and judging your parenting approach. And you will spend more time enjoying the wonderful, all-too-quick experience of raising your children.
"This book gifts us with a practical, useful, and groundbreaking work for parents and adults in their relationship with children. You will benefit from this book whether you are new or experienced with the Enneagram." David Daniels, MD, Clinical Professor Emeritus Stanford Medical School and Enneagram pioneer.
"The most important job in the world, being a parent, is the one that requires no license, no training, and does not end after 18 years. This book unlocks the key to this high-stress job and will be widely read by parents and grandparents everywhere." Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, author 'Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach'.
"Every parent needs to run and get this book! It includes 'Parenting Strategies for Growth' - which is an easy way to apply the learning to connect and stay connected with our children, teens and young adults." Diana Sterling, author 'The Parent as Coach Approach'.
"This book helps parents discover and understand the high and low sides of their own parenting styles and offers nine keys to unlocking their child’s potential. I’m sure their children will be thankful their parents read this book." Jerry Wagner, PhD, author 'Nine Lenses on the The Enneagram Perspective'.
Our kids’ personalities fascinate us – they always have. It’s the reason the ‘nature’ versus ‘nurture’ debate goes on and on. But their personalities also challenge us because they are so often at odds with our own.
The problem is that to have any hope of fully understanding our kids, we – as parents – need to properly understand ourselves first. That has not been easy to do … until now.
'Knowing Me, Knowing Them' is a book designed specifically to help parents get a solid grasp of what it is that makes them tick. In three steps, this book
1.Help you discover your parenting personality type using the Enneagram
2.Explore how your personality affects your parenting style.
3.Provide further resources to help you unlock your children’s potential.
Reading 'Knowing Me, Knowing Them' will provide you with plenty of ‘aha!’ moments. You will spend less time worrying about and judging your parenting approach. And you will spend more time enjoying the wonderful, all-too-quick experience of raising your children.
"This book gifts us with a practical, useful, and groundbreaking work for parents and adults in their relationship with children. You will benefit from this book whether you are new or experienced with the Enneagram." David Daniels, MD, Clinical Professor Emeritus Stanford Medical School and Enneagram pioneer.
"The most important job in the world, being a parent, is the one that requires no license, no training, and does not end after 18 years. This book unlocks the key to this high-stress job and will be widely read by parents and grandparents everywhere." Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, author 'Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach'.
"Every parent needs to run and get this book! It includes 'Parenting Strategies for Growth' - which is an easy way to apply the learning to connect and stay connected with our children, teens and young adults." Diana Sterling, author 'The Parent as Coach Approach'.
"This book helps parents discover and understand the high and low sides of their own parenting styles and offers nine keys to unlocking their child’s potential. I’m sure their children will be thankful their parents read this book." Jerry Wagner, PhD, author 'Nine Lenses on the The Enneagram Perspective'.
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First published September 3, 2014
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April 6, 2018
A handy introduction to the Enneagram (a personality typing system I've found inordinately helpful) and how it relates to our different parenting approaches. I particularly appreciated thinking about some of the likely impacts of my personality type on my children. For example, as a type 9, my tendency towards inertia and procrastination may lead to missed opportunities for my kids.
It's also helpful as a summary of the basics of the Enneagram types - my brother and his gf recently used the descriptions in this book to figure out their likely types, and then confirmed this with further reading. For someone who knows nothing about the Enneagram and is curious, I'll be much more likely to pull this off the shelf than the tome The Wisdom of the Enneagram!
It's also helpful as a summary of the basics of the Enneagram types - my brother and his gf recently used the descriptions in this book to figure out their likely types, and then confirmed this with further reading. For someone who knows nothing about the Enneagram and is curious, I'll be much more likely to pull this off the shelf than the tome The Wisdom of the Enneagram!
December 10, 2018
A short read and for anyone already familiar with the enneagram even shorter. This is exactly the kind of parenting book I like- it gets right to the point with the pros and cons of each types parenting persuasion, things that are likely to cause stress and workable ideas. None of the fluff and a highlighted paragraph or 2 for each type of personal experience for those who need that type of thing that was easy for me to skip. I'm leaving this book with lots of notes for improvement which is all I wanted.
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