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In our last post we discussed what each color is like, in this post we will talk about what you can do to help with parent/kid, employer/employee, friendships, and spousal relationships.
The most important part of these two blog posts is to remember to take a step back, recognize and acknowledge the others perspective. Different colors can work together, and have a positive relationship successfully if both are open to understanding each other.
Parenting is hard in itself, but add having a parent and child having two different color personalities can add stress.
For Parents:
If you have a Blue child:
- These kids are very imaginative so they tend to have a hard time fitting into the structure of school. You can help with homework by making it creative. For example: if they come home with math homework, lets say adding and subtracting, bake cookies together and use the baked cookies as inspiration. “If you have 10 cookies, and I take 4 cookies away, how many cookies are left?”
- Blue kids feel the need to be unique and authentic. This can either show through their personality, or they use their physical self to be unique (such as clothing or hair). Your child will feel complete if they are able to express themselves.
- Kids with this personality color do better with encouragement, rather than competition. Consistent words of encouragement as simple as “great job!” will help keep their self-esteem positive.
If you have a Gold child:
- These kids tend to fit into the structure of school pretty easily considering they feel comfortable with rules and admire authority figures. But these kids can struggle if they do not have an academic routine. To help out at home, create a schedule that they can enjoy to follow everyday.
- Gold kids needs to feel useful and they value family and traditions. Have your child help you with chores on a daily basis, such as making dinner. This will help them feel secure and valued within the family.
- Children with this personality color succeed with routine and organization. They will also succeed if the family appreciates how they contribute to the family. Thank them for helping daily on different chores or duties.
If you have an Orange child:
- These kids learn through hands-on experience rather than by sitting and listening. Orange kids tend to have the hardest time in school because of this. Try helping with this at home by creating that hands-on experience: if they have a science project to do, go out and get the materials needed to do the experiments with them at home. By having them see and feel what is going on, they will get a better grasp of understanding rather than sitting and doing homework through reading.
- Orange kids need variety! Without fun and excitement, they get restless, which tends to have others think they are troublemakers. Help your Orange child by keeping them stimulated, have them join different sports teams or different clubs. Orange kids love competition and love learning new skills.
- Kids with this personality needs constant excitement and fun. Keep this alive in them by doing different activities with them while they can enjoy learning to new skills. Plus you get to spend quality time with them and you might learn that you enjoy something you never thought you would.
If you have a Green child:
- These kids are very intelligent, and seem to be older than what they actually are. In school they love achieving in subjects that requires mental stimulation, but can appear to be stuck-up because they question authority. Green children question authority because they need to respect their teachers before actually learning from them. They are not looking to be snotty, they are looking for knowledge and answers to further expand their intellect.
- Green kids can get inpatient with routine and drill from school structure. After school take them to the library so they can challenge themselves by learning new subjects. Or buy them different books to study new topics at home.
- Children with this personality constantly seeks knowledge. Holding them back to study and read the same content over and over again will make them feel unsatisfied with their potential for learning. You can help your Green child by learning new topics with them: go to the library together and research on something neither of you know about.
If you’re not sure how to help your child, ASK THEM! Keeping an open communication with your kids will help your relationship no matter what personality color you are!
For Spouses/Families:
If your spouse/family member is Blue:
- They can be emotionally sensitive to family situations and actively avoids conflict or competition. Blue personalities often put the needs of their family members and loved ones before themselves. Focusing on others needs can make them forget their own, help them by spending quality one-on-one time with them. They love to listen, so when spending time together share feelings, beliefs, and dreams with each other: blue personalities love connecting on a deep and emotional level with people.
- The parenting and disciplining styles can be subjective sometimes due to their emotional sensitivity. Sometimes Blue’s are inconsistent with their disciplining because of how they are feeling that day. To help as a spouse, or friend, have the family meet together so all of them can discuss their thoughts and feelings on the situation. This will help because Blue’s like a democratic style that can bring in all family members so that everyone can feel fulfilled with their relationships within the family.
- Blue’s believe in self-expression and promoting a positive self-esteem. This belief coexists within themselves and promoting this in their children as well. They feel the need to be an important part in their children’s and spouses lives. Show your appreciation as a spouse, or family member, often: compliment them on what they do for their family and how you appreciate them as a person.
If your spouse/family member is Gold:
- They want to be viewed as responsible, hardworking, and dedicated to their family or marriage. They value family traditions and needs to be appreciated for all they do for their family. Just like blue personality, show your appreciation often. Gold’s are also very orderly and expect their family to be as well. If you say you are going to do something, follow through or they will feel let down. To help with a Gold spouse or family member, help with chores, follow through with chores and tell them you appreciate them often.
- The parenting styles of Gold’s is that they believe “work before play.” As a family member, help Gold’s by following through on responsibilities and helping them out with stuff around the house before you “play.”
- They appreciate it when you show your love through doing things for them.
If your spouse/family member is Orange:
- They love experiencing new adventures with loved ones. So go out and try to keep up with your Orange spouse/family member! Try new things and experience it together. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn that you enjoy something in the process!
- Orange personalities do not have a specific parenting style. They believe that their kids should be obedient, but they want them to go out and experience new things, and be the best they can be at anything they desire or are passionate about.
- They like a home that is friendly and more relaxed. They do not mind if the house is messy, but they absolutely do not like routine. If you have a Gold and an Orange relationship, work together to compromise between routine and change.
If your spouse/family member is Green:
- Green personalities value intelligence and knowledge. Take family outings to different museums or events so that they and their kids can learn about new things.
- Green’s parenting style is very clear-cut and concise. They use informative critique to use as a tool to use for their kids to understand their actions and consequences. They prefer logical and objective parenting, rather than emotional, and will reward their kids for their achievements.
No matter what color you are, everyone can successfully work together! Do you have any tips that could help others? Tell us in a comment!!
All of these colors are beautiful and unique: EMBRACE yours!