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Nurture by Nature – Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger

I don’t know about your children, but I know that what works for one of mine doesn’t necessarily work the others. And I rarely recognize my own children when I read parenting books. Nurture by Nature: Understand Your Child’s Personality Type—And Become a Better Parent is one parenting book where I not only caught glimmers of my own children, but found some helpful advice on raising their particular personality type. Personality Type was first devised by psychologist Carl Jung. The mother-daughter team of Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers expanded on his ideas. According to Myers-Briggs, there are sixteen basic … Continue reading →

Stressing the Need for Diligence

As a teacher, community worker, after school program director, and neighborhood advocate, I cannot tell you how many kids I meet that want to become famous: a pro-ball player, a singer, an actress. . .you name it. Even my own daughter wants to become a rock star. They mostly dream of the money I think. You and I know that the chances are one in a million for that singing diva in my library tutoring group to become the next “Jenny from the block.” But she doesn’t see it that way. She sees it as not impossible. To each student … Continue reading →