Insights for Parents: Keys to Effective Parenting

The information in this booklet will help you be a more effective parent as you attempt to raise young Blues, Golds, Greens, and Oranges. It describes the characteristics of children, teenagers, and parents of each different color, and then provides suggestions on how to adjust your natural parenting style to accommodate the different temperaments and dispositions of your children.

In the patented Insight Temperament System™ there are four basic personality types or temperaments: Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange. Each temperament has their own set of preferences on how they would like to parent their children. We call these preferences parenting styles.

This booklet talks about the parenting styles of each personality type. As you read through these pages, you’ll immediately find something from each style that applies to you because, when it comes to parenting, we often find ourselves doing things that may not necessarily reflect our natural preferences.

You see, not many of us have had formal training on how to be a parent, so most of our behaviors and attitudes are borrowed from our own parents, friends, religious leaders, therapists, neighbors, and anyone else who has ever given advice—solicited or not—on how to raise children.

Therefore, as you read through this booklet and find that you raise your children in a Blue way, for instance, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a Blue parent. You might just be parenting in a way that’s meaningful for your Blue children. If you’re doing that, hooray! Close up this booklet and treat yourself to a massive hot fudge sundae. You’re doing exactly what needs to be done.

On the other hand, if all of your children aren’t Blue, then you’re not accommodating the needs of those children. Shame on you. Put down the sundae and continue reading; you still have more to learn.

Book Contents

• Parenting Styles
• My Parenting Goals
• Parenting Style Survey
• Blue Parents
• Quotes from Blue Parents
• Gold Parents
• Quotes from Gold Parents
• Green Parents
• Quotes from Green Parents
• Orange Parents
• Quotes from Orange Parents
• The Ethics of Cloning
• Characteristics of Children
• Blue Children
• Gold Children
• Green Children
• Orange Children
• Blue Teens
• Gold Teens
• Green Teens
• Orange Teens
• Disciplining Blues
• Disciplining Golds
• Disciplining Greens
• Disciplining Oranges
• Youthful Blue Relationships
• Youthful Gold Relationships
• Youthful Green Relationships
• Youthful Orange Relationships
• Relating to Blue Teenagers
• Relating to Gold Teenagers
• Relating to Green Teenagers
• Relating to Orange Teenagers
• Household Chores
• Relationship Builders
• Motivating Secrets
• What’s Next?