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Persistence

June 15, 2011 By Diane Constantine Leave a Comment

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This is a continuation of a review of Mary Sheedy Kurcinka’s book, Raising Your Spirited Child. This book would have been such a boon to me in raising my two sons. They were good boys, but both were spirited in different ways. I felt like I was banging my head against a wall many days, especially before they could talk well and again when they were teenagers.

The section on persistence is a long section and much of it deals with children who can talk well enough to negotiate. Though this site is primarily for moms with younger children, there is no way to understand the principles without discussing the goal and general methods of dealing with persistence in older children first. Please bear with me, it is worth the journey.

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won’t.”—Howard Ward Beecher

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Temperament Survey

March 2, 2011 By Diane Constantine Leave a Comment

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This month I’ve been reading a very interesting book called Raising Your Spirited Child by  Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. My son sent me a copy of the book when we were trying to understand our grandson better. I have been most interested in the tools she provides for evaluating your child and yourself.

It is always good to be a student of your child. In this way you can help to mold his character and yet not break his will. Many of the problems we have with our child comes from misunderstanding needs and motivations. Knowing what the baseline is for both of you can help you to respond, instead of reacting, to your child. It can help you to plan ahead to avoid some explosions.

For the next few months, I will share some of the evaluating tools included in Raising Your Spirited Child. There is much more to the book. I would encourage you to get a copy if you find these tools interesting and helpful. The book is loaded with personal examples and ideas for dealing with problems arising from our basic makeups.

The first of the evaluators deals with temperament. This is even a bit more basic than personality which can be influenced by our experience, culture, education, and upbringing. These are in-born traits that can be identified at an early age and don’t change throughout life.

Why not take a look at these evaluation tools?  Child’s Temperament and Parent’s Temperament

I hope you find these as interesting as I did.

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10 Months Girl

August 11, 2009 By Diane Constantine Leave a Comment

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Constantly watching your baby to protect her as she explores is exhausting work. Remember to have fun with her too. Take this opportunity to show her interesting and beautiful things. Let her smell the flowers and feel the pebbles in the pond. Enjoy creation with your little one while she sees it for the first time.

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10 Months Boy

August 11, 2009 By Diane Constantine Leave a Comment

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Constantly watching your baby to protect him as he explores is exhausting work. Remember to have fun with him too. Take this opportunity to show him interesting and beautiful things. Let him smell the flowers and feel the pebbles in the pond. Enjoy creation with your little one while he sees it for the first time.

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Filed Under: Month-by-Month Boy Tagged With: discipline, games, temperament

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