62. Understanding your Tween and Teen's Temperament

Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Wendy Gossett, a temperament specialist. Wendy and Tess discuss tween and teen temperament and ways we can help our parenting skills through learning more about what your child’s temperament type is.  

• Wendy introduces herself and tells us about the work that she does with families. 
• Wendy gives us an introduction to what temperament is by giving examples using characters from The Wizard of Oz linking to the various types of temperament that we display. 
• Wendy talks about how you can look at what type your child is and what you can do to help your children using this information to help guide you in your parenting. 
• Wendy talks about how she helps parents who may have different temperament types within their families and to look at what may feel like a problem and flip it to help them see that it is a strength that they are not seeing. 
• Wendy shares with us about a free test that you can take on her website to help you discover your child’s temperament type. (click the link below to take the test) 
• Tess talks about her own son and how she has spoken to him about his temperament and how he can benefit from certain characteristics that he has shown he has. 
• Wendy talks about the importance of parents having self awareness so children can see that parents are willing to admit they have limitations. 
• Wendy gives us ways that we can talk to our children and talks about what temperament we are and what temperament they are and how these temperaments can work together. 
• Tess and Wendy discuss the importance of teaching our children that people we will meet through our lives are all different and face situations in different ways. Wendy also talks about how if we teach our children about temperament it helps them to learn how to understand people.
• Wendy talks about the brain maps that she does with the families that she works with and how it can help us as parents be a detective of our child’s behaviour showing us what they need. 
• Tess and Wendy discuss the importance of the parent child relationship coming first always and Wendy gives an example of a scenario to help explain how to handle conflict within the family when certain things may occur. 
• Wendy is most grateful for her daughter as she has led her to be doing the work she is doing today. 

Child Inner Drive Assessment - Wendy Gossett 

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