Insights on Families
Insights for couples, parents, children, and other family members
How to Get a Tangential-Thinking Teenager to Clean Up a Shared Bedroom
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to parent a teenager, you know that many of them (the majority in fact) tend to have bedrooms that are, shall we say, a drink-spilling, pizza-dropping, wanton chaos? Messy rooms are one of the chief complains of Gold parents and roommates. So what can you do about it? How do you persuade someone to clean up a bedroom? This article reveals a way to persuade a tangential-thinking teenager to focus on cleaning up a shared bedroom.
How to Teach Responsibility to a Disruptive, Impulsive, Fun-Loving Child
In our families, like in other team situations we are a part of, we are confronted with situations that require us to step back and see a situation as a whole, from all sides, and from each angle. What tools do you have packed in your temperament toolbox for dealing with those times? This article offers suggestions for teaching responsibility to a disruptive, impulsive, and fun-loving child.
How to Enhance Family Relationships by Valuing Individual Strengths
Your family is comprised of a mixture of Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange temperaments. Each of those temperaments brings to the table an assortment of strengths and values. This is what makes each family as unique as each temperament that composes its makeup. The trick is learning to understand and value each member as part of the larger whole.
