Thanks Kim for your question about “how to honor your Type 1 son” live his truth. There are some great golden nuggets of insight and inspiration in Kim’s question and in my answer. Take the time to watch and keep learning.
P.s. We tested out a little USB Camera on this one so please pardon the audio.
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June 10th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Kim, take Carol’s advice, no matter how crazy it may seem. It really does work!
As a type 4, I expected my children to obey every rule with exactness. My type 1 daughter just wouldn’t do it, and she and I have spent hours fighting and screaming at each other. I was pulling my hair out, praying for help trying to get this kids behavior under control. And nothing was working… until Carol got me thinking outside the box.
Carol, I cannot tell you how much you’ve helped me with my daughter. Your advice is invaluable. The transformation in our relationship has been incredible.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Thanks Allison,
It is great to hear how well things are going. I appreciate you taking the time to share this!
Carol
June 11th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Ms. CT,
Wow! I know this kid [Logan] & Kim. Logan is a tremendous young man & your books & advise will guide him during this crucial time to a wonderful place of exceptional emotional confidence… & i sure hope it will free him & allow him to thrive to his full potential. [So many kids today need this identy confirmation!] All of Kim’s kids are exceptional & she has been the great arc for their many challenges. [FYI, her youngest, Josie, many times sounds like a young Carol Tuttle. It's absolutely precious] You should know that Kim has become a beacon of your work for much of her family & i see now how each person you help can become plural. So a truly heartfelt thank you for picking Kim’s communique, which just made her week, month, year! These are great people you are helping!
T.
June 13th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I would love to have a few blog posts for tips on parenting each of the types, and also for things to watch out for/capitalize on as parents in each of the energy types. For example, I am a type 2, and I have such a difficult time honoring the need in some of my children to be such a loud and boisterous energy. It is hard to keep balance where I am both keeping myself sane and also allowing them to be who they are.
Thanks for the post. Great ideas here.
June 13th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Working on the next book….”It’s Just My Child’s Nature!” Will share tips and insights as I feel inspired to! Hope to have it out in the Fall.
Love,
Carol
July 7th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Thank you. More topics addressed like this would be extremely helpful! Thank you so much for including this topic.
August 1st, 2009 at 7:17 am
I bought the online energy profiling class for my daughter, Erika, so she could feel more certain that her son, Loic, is really a type 3. She doesn’t get any support from her husband’s parents, who live closer to them than we do. They expect him to sit quietly on the floor while they go about their business the way one of his cousins has been trained to do. It would be impossible to train this little boy to be anything but the magnificent little Niagara Falls that he was born to be! (I can say that honestly because I also raised a type 3 son.) If you find it useful, here is a type 3 child example you may use for your upcoming book “It’s Just My Child’s Nature.”
My daughter has a 12-inch-high wire fence around her back lawn to keep the outdoor guinea pig from wandering away, and it had been effective at keeping Loic inside too. A few day ago, Loic, who is 18 months old, was outside and Erika was in the kitchen keeping an eye on him from the kitchen window. He has one of those little plastic playground slides for toddlers. He dragged the slide over to the fence, got the chute part positioned on the other side, climbed the ladder, and slid to freedom. He had places to go and was simply “getting it done” in his little type 3 manner. How could you not be delighted to see him expressing him truth so well?
Carol, Type 2
Red Mountain Spa Dressing Your Truth Class, July 2008