1. E3: Parenting and Personality April 28, 2015

2. Personality the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character

3. Personality Types Review POWERFUL Dominant Lion Choleric POPULAR Influencing Otter Sanguine PERFECT Conscientious Beaver Melancholy PEACEFUL Steady Golden Retriever Phlegmatic

4. Proverbs 22:6 “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” (NIV)

5. Powerful Personality Baby Energetic Adventuresome Strong-willed Outgoing Loud Doesn’t sleep Child Daring and eager Competitive Productive worker Assertive Argumentative Stubborn Teen Competent Assumes leadership Problem solver BossyControllingInsulting

7. Popular Personality Baby Bright-eyed Curious Shows off Screams for attention Knows he/she is cute Needs to be entertained Child Cheerful Enthusiastic Very talkative Bounces back easily Disorganized Easily distracted Teen Charming Life of the party Pleaser Joins clubs Deceptive Makes excuses

9. Perfect Personality Baby Serious Quiet Likes a schedule Looks sad Cries easily Clingy Child Thinks deeply Perfectionist Talented/Intelligent Intense Moody Too sensitive Teen Good student High standards Conscientious Neat and organized CriticalInflexible

11. Peaceful Personality Baby Easy-going Happy Adaptable Slow Shy Indifferent Child Watches others Dependable Lovable Easily amused Avoids work Lazy Teen Pleasing personality Good listener MediatorIndecisive Too compromising Passive aggressive

13. Personality Conflicts Popular vs. Perfect Powerful vs. Peaceful

14. Popular Powerful Perfect Peaceful Task oriented relationship oriented Introvert Extrovert

15. Powerful Parent Popular Parent Peaceful Child Relational introvert Relational extrovert Task-oriented extrovert Relational approach Introspective approach

16. What the Powerful Child Needs RespectResponsibility

17. What the Popular Child Needs AffirmationAffectionAcceptance

18. What the Perfect Child Needs SpaceSecurityStability Silence (sometimes)

19. What the Peaceful Child Needs EncouragementAcceptance

20. Fruit of the Spirit – Gal 5:22-23 Powerful personalities need to work on: Patience Patience Gentleness Gentleness

21. Fruit of the Spirit – Gal 5:22-23 Popular personalities need to work on: Peace Peace Self Control Self Control

22. Fruit of the Spirit – Gal 5:22-23 Perfect personalities need to work on: Joy Joy Kindness Kindness

23. Fruit of the Spirit – Gal 5:22-23 Peaceful personalities need to work on: Joy Joy Faithfulness Faithfulness

24. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” – Psalm 139:13-16

25. “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” – Jeremiah 17:10 “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” – Psalm 37:4

26. Resources Personality Plus for Parents by Florence Littauer Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp