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Adult C-Style and Child D-Style: Can You Keep Up?!

2025-01-06T10:28:48-07:00 January 7th, 2025|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics, DISC and Stress|Tags: , , |

Have you ever worked with a child who was always active, had more energy than they truly knew what to do with, while having LOTS of ideas on what they could do with all that energy and when? In other words, they are driven to be in charge and they have the ideas and the energy [...]

Adult S-Style and Child S-Style: A LOT in Common!

2024-12-09T22:44:47-07:00 December 10th, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , , , |

As we go through the Adult to Child Relationship series, the combination we will discuss this week is the High S-Style Adult with the High S-Style Child. This combination hits home since one of my strongest Styles is the S-Style, and I have a daughter who also has lots of S-Style in her. Early in her [...]

Adult S-Style and Child I-Style: They will have TEN Good Reasons to Convince You!

2024-12-02T13:52:10-07:00 December 3rd, 2024|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics|Tags: , , |

Have you ever had a child deliver their TEN good reasons and talk you into something that, deep inside you, your better judgement was screaming, "NO!" Whether they were your own child or your patient or a relative... doesn't matter. These children have a gift at being persuasive. As we go through the DISC Style Adult [...]

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 [...]