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Adult I-Style and Child C-Style: Remember to Slow Down and Calm Down!

2024-11-11T13:09:10-07:00 November 12th, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , , |

For years, I questioned my effectiveness as a mother, especially with my two younger children. If any of you are parents, or have a close relationship with several children from the same family, you will no doubt agree with me that they can be vastly different from each other. And just when you start to figure [...]

Adult I-Style and Child D-Style: Remember to Hold Those Boundaries!

2024-10-21T10:44:54-06:00 October 22nd, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , , |

We’ve spent the last four weeks looking at the High D-Style Adult’s relationship with each Style of Child. If you want a refresher on these insights, just click here. For the next four weeks, we will focus on the High I Style Adult. The combination we will discuss this week is the High I Adult and [...]

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 [...]

How to Guarantee a Way to Deeply Connect with a Child – Read Aloud!

2024-05-21T09:37:41-06:00 May 28th, 2024|Categories: Summer Preparation|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever wanted a guaranteed way to have meaningful connections with a child? Have you ever felt disconnected from a child you hope to have a good relationship with? Would you like to develop a habit that will provide repeated, deep and lasting emotional connections with that child? The answer to all these desires is [...]

Summer Fun #1 – the Pleasure of a Shared Adventure: Read!

2024-05-20T09:51:55-06:00 May 21st, 2024|Categories: Summer Preparation|Tags: , , |

At the start of summer, I always like to give a few blogposts focused on making it a great one. Last week, we looked at how to set up some Best Plans for the Summer. Click here to read it. Let’s add to those plans this week with what I consider a KEY ingredient to a [...]

The Intersection of DISC Styles, Time and Planning the Family Vacation

2024-04-29T11:44:13-06:00 April 30th, 2024|Categories: DISC and Time, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , , |

I have thoroughly enjoyed putting these blogposts together that focus on DISC Styles and Time. If you missed any or want to find them again, just click here. As we finish this series of DISC and Time, and start working on our Summer Plans, I thought it would be interesting to look at how each DISC [...]