Positive discipline / temperament

tokenhoser · June 2012

I've been reading the 0-3 Positive Discipline book and found the bit about temperament really interesting. It helped me articulate some of the difference between my baby and other babies we hang out with in a way that explained some of their easy successes in areas we struggle with (even something as simple as EC - my baby is much less rhythmic than theirs, so if it was something I wanted to do it would be much more work and effort on my part).

Do any of the other books expand on the temperament stuff? It did a good job of explaining some traits, but it didn't really say much about what to do with that knowledge.

tokenhoser · June 2012

Thanks!

And being as this is getting so many views, this is what is in the book. It's really interesting to think about.

https://www2.ohlone.edu/people/mmcdowell/ecs306/temperamentsratingscale.pdf

3003girl · June 2012

Very interesting link. I'm just starting to read the 0-3 book... but haven't gotten that far yet.

What happens if your child is both High and Low on something?

For example, my kid does both of these:

"Sensory Threshold: This refers to the intensity of a stimulus needed to provoke a response. In this case a high sensory threshold would describe the child who can fall and get all kinds of cuts and scrapes, hardly breaking stride. The low sensory threshold child, on the other hand, may wake up from a deep sleep if he/she hears the radio click off."

tokenhoser · June 2012

solidio:
Very interesting link. I'm just starting to read the 0-3 book... but haven't gotten that far yet.
What happens if your child is both High and Low on something?
For example, my kid does both of these:
"Sensory Threshold: This refers to the intensity of a stimulus needed to provoke a response. In this case a high sensory threshold would describe the child who can fall and get all kinds of cuts and scrapes, hardly breaking stride. The low sensory threshold child, on the other hand, may wake up from a deep sleep if he/she hears the radio click off."

Maybe your child has a high tactile threshold and a low sound threshold?

It's definitely not super-scientific, but still interesting. It makes me want to write down my impressions now to compare to my impressions in a year or two.

3003girl · June 2012

tokenhoser:
solidio:
Very interesting link. I'm just starting to read the 0-3 book... but haven't gotten that far yet.
What happens if your child is both High and Low on something?
For example, my kid does both of these:
"Sensory Threshold: This refers to the intensity of a stimulus needed to provoke a response. In this case a high sensory threshold would describe the child who can fall and get all kinds of cuts and scrapes, hardly breaking stride. The low sensory threshold child, on the other hand, may wake up from a deep sleep if he/she hears the radio click off."
Maybe your child has a high tactile threshold and a low sound threshold?
It's definitely not super-scientific, but still interesting. It makes me want to write down my impressions now to compare to my impressions in a year or two.

oh good point between tactile vs sound...

it would be interesting to compare over time. LO has def. changed since birth. Thankfully!

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