Positive Parenting Blog

What is Child Temperament? Understanding your child’s temperament There are many theories on what drives child behaviour. One theory centres around the concept of child temperament.  Feisty (find change difficult and need lots of consistent routines) Slow to Warm Up (take time to adjust to change and new people) Easy (go with the flow and adapt to change very easily) Temperament is generally divided into three types: The type of temperament your child was born with, will directly influence how your child operates in the world, copes with change and stress, is motivated to change behaviour and socialises with others.  When you understand your child's temperament, you can then shape your parenting to suit your child’s needs. This makes parenting so much easier and significantly reduces your child’s stress. It also supports your child to succeed in the world and feel really well supported in the process. Why it is so important to understand child temperament? As...