_thumb.png "Understanding one's own personality type can enhance one's daily gratitude process.")
_thumb.png "Understanding personality type differences can help turn holiday chaos into holiday cheer")
_thumb.png "Type is not meant to box you in; it is designed to help us understand ourselves and others better.")
Why is it that some discipline tactics are punishment for some, but a reward for others? We are all different. Understanding and appreciating those differences can be a helpful guide in how we choose to parent our child and the efficiency in doing so.
Use backward chaining to help perceiving-preferenced students to gauge when to begin assignments. Ask them to name the last moment they can begin and still get the work done. Consider possible interferences and let them wait to produce. One mom asked, "Wouldn't they be more comfortable if they just did their homework on Friday night? Then they would have the whole weekend worry-free. They already have the weekend worry-free.The younger the child the greater the chance they will underestimate the amount of time it will take to complete an assignment, especially if it is a new kind of assignment. Teach them better timing. It is not about irresponsibility. It is about timing.
