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Adult D-Style and Child S-Style: Remember to Slow Down!

2024-10-07T20:25:50-06:00 October 8th, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , |

Imagine this – it’s the “after Supper” time and your child pulls out the Jenga blocks, challenging you to a game. This is a super-slow-paced process and will require an extra measure of patience, especially for this Adult-Child combination. As we go through the Adult to Child series, the pairing we will discuss this week is [...]

Adult D-Style and Child I-Style: Work or Fun – What Comes First?

2024-09-30T18:41:57-06:00 October 1st, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , |

As we go through the Adult to Child series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High D-Style Adult with the High I-Style Child. Picture this – the Work Must Come First parent insists their Fun-First Child clean their room before any play time on Saturday morning. After thirty minutes, the child reports to [...]

Adult D-Style and Child D-Style: Who is in Charge?

2024-09-23T10:26:14-06:00 September 24th, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , , |

As Dr. Charles Boyd states in his excellent book, Different Children, Different Needs, “outside of God’s Word, the insights I’ve gained through the DISC model are the most important body of information I possess.” So I was thrilled and thankful to get permission from the publisher of this book to utilize the section Dr. Boyd develops [...]

An Introduction to How Each DISC Style Best Relates as Adult to Child

2024-09-16T09:57:23-06:00 September 17th, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , |

Whether you are a parent seeking to raise your children well, an aunt or uncle with nieces and nephews who are dear to you, a neighbor with little ones next door, or a dentist with a vast array of types of young patients, how to best interact with them is a skill you can learn. Utilizing [...]

Focus on the Details – How a High C-Style Prefers Others Communicate with Them

2024-09-09T10:00:54-06:00 September 10th, 2024|Categories: DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , |

So far, we’ve looked at the ways the High D-Style, High I-Style and High S-Style people prefer that others communicate with them. If you missed these, just click here. This week, as we focus on the details-focused High C-Style person, once again, their communication preferences are vastly different. Many years ago, I worked as the New [...]

With Patience – How a High S-Style Prefers Others Communicate with Them

2024-09-02T13:14:37-06:00 September 3rd, 2024|Categories: DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , |

So far we’ve looked at how the task-focused High D person and the people-focused High I person prefer that others communicate with them. If you want to catch up on these, just click here. This week, let’s talk about the patient High S-Style person. As I write this, please know I am bursting out in laughter [...]