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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
