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by: Elizabeth Wagele
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN: 9780062514554
ISBN: 0062514555
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: March 12, 1997
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: January 31, 1997
Sales Rank: 173467
Studio: HarperOne
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Product Description:
Elizabeth Wagele, coauthor of The Enneagram Made Easy and Are You My Type, Am I Yours?, offers the first practical guidebook for parents -- packed with her delightful cartoons -- on how the Enneagram can help to understand and work with children's personality traits and behavioral patterns more effectively and creatively. Using her expertise in making the Enneagram accessible through simple text and zany, informative cartoons, Wagele shows parents how to be flexible and compassionate, willing and eager to recognize the unique potential of every child and to respond to and nurture each child appropriately.
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Rating:  - Kid personality = practical tips!
It's easy to pick out your child's type. The advice that follows is priceless!! Practical tips for dealing with common parent/child conflicts like eating, getting ready for school, doing homework... are demystified for each type of child.
Rating:  - Disappointing
This is a very simplistic rendition of the theory of the enneagram meant to be specifically for understanding children. If you're looking for simplicity you'll enjoy its brevity and the often humorous cartoon drawings of various "types" of kids and their responses to everyday situations throughout the book. If you have any knowledge of the enneagram already you're more likely to find it dull. There is very little detail, and the descriptions of types are rather perfunctory. There is no discussion ... Read More
Rating: - Concise Yet Thorough and Thoroughly Engaging Reference Book
I am a psychiatrist, but all of us who are trying to be good parents tend to try to treat our children like we wish we had been treated: in my case I have a natural tendency to try to provide my children with as many stimulating opportunities as possible. But I am a 7 in the Enneagram system and my children are not! So it is a constant reminder for me that my little 9 daughter would rather cuddle than go to theme parks, while my little 8 daughter wants more and more action! Elizaeth has written ... Read More
Rating: - It was an eye-opener to see kids from "their" point of view!
With great wit, humor and gentle humanness, Elizabeth invites us to explore the inner worlds of our children. If you have kids, know kids or teach kids, don't miss it! L.Forget
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