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

291 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Janet Levine is a literary author and journalist whose work spans both fiction and
nonfiction, blending history,
social insight, and deeply human storytelling. She is the author of several acclaimed books,
including the
bestselling Inside Apartheid (1988), a landmark work examining life in South Africa under
apartheid, and Liv’s
Secrets, a sweeping Jewish family historical saga set in South Africa between the 1880s and
1960s. Liv’s Secrets
was nominated for the 2023 National Book Awards.
Levine’s writing often weaves real historical events with richly imagined characters,
reflecting her lifelong
engagement with social justice and human rights. Her nonfiction work includes Reading
Matters: How Literature
Influences Life (2022), an insightful exploration of the enduring power of literature as an
enriching and
transformative force.
As a journalist and commentator, Janet Levine has been interviewed by Terry Gross on
NPR’s Fresh Air and is a
reviewer for the New York Journal of Books. She is currently working on a memoir.
Levine was born in South Africa and later immigrated to the United States. More
information about her life and
work can be found on her website, janetlevine.com, and on Wikipedia.

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.