MotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
• Published by: Da Capo Press; 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition April 3, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0738210455
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0738210452
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 13.6 ounces

From Publishers Weekly
According to Penley, who self-published The M.O.M.S. Handbook, the key to making mothering easy and enjoyable is to become aware of ways of interacting in the world (e.g., being extroverted or introverted, sensing things based on facts or feeling them intuitively) and balance personal requirements with external demands. Penley developed her "Mothers of Many Styles" (M.O.M.S.) program to free women of the image of the "perfect" mother and help them identify their strengths and weaknesses first as mothers, and then in all relationships. Based on the Myers-Briggs personality inventory, Penley's questionnaires and evaluations may aid some readers, but others may find the system—it involves 16 personality types and 16 corresponding mothering styles—complicated and time-consuming. Perhaps the most valuable aspect of Penley's program is her focus on self-care and her recognition of the unique gifts that each lady has to offer her children. However, trying to work with Penley's system on a daily basis could, ironically, add more stress and yet another layer to the image of perfection: the thoroughly self-aware mother who can respond appropriately to her child in all situations. (May 1)
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Reader Reviews
This book was very helpful to me in understanding WHY I do things the way I do (for example, how I relate to my children). It also helped me to understand why my mom did/does things. I was able to make a guess a my children's personality types (there is info in the book in how to do that) and found out that my daughter and I only share 1 letter out of 4 - no wonder I have a hard time understanding her! Taking our personality styles into account, I am better able to provide her with the emotional and physical attention that she wants and needs. I also try to focus on the strength we have in common and have been able to bond more easily. I have loaned this book out three times already and have another person waiting - but I want to read it again first. I highly recommend it! Comment | | (Report this)