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 helpsyou: * 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.

Knowing yourself helps your childAre 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 helpsyou:* 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 personalityRead Know Your Parenting Personality and become the parent youalways wanted to be.

Acknowledgments.Introduction.1. Discovering Your Parenting Personality:What's Your Type?2. The Helper: Meeting the Needs of Others.3. The Organizer: Loving through Doing.4. The Dreamer: Connection Is Everything.5. The Observer: Let's Step Back and See.6. The Questioner: "Be Prepared"--That'sMy Motto.7. The Entertainer: Let's Have Fun!Let's Play!8. The Protector: I Am Your Sanctuary: NothingThreatens You Here.9. The Peacekeeper: Living Life through Others.10. The Moralizer: Always Striving forPerfection.Epilogue: Taking the Next Step.Appendix: History, Research, and Theory onPersonality Studies.References.Topics for Discussion.Index.