• Examines each of the 9 Enneagram types as parents, including how to utilize your type's inherent skills to be a better parent • Explores each of the 9 types as children and teens, including their positive and more challenging traits, their triggers and fears, and how you can help your child find emotional health and achieve their full potential • Looks at each of the 81 parent-child type combinations and shows how each combination works at its best as well as what happens under pressure UNDERSTANDING HOW WE PARENT and why helps us to become better parents. Seeing life through the filters of our Enneagram type lets us connect with our children in a healthy and more conscious way.Certified Enneagram practitioner and experienced parent Ann Gadd explores the 9 Enneagram parenting types and the 9 Enneagram child types, revealing each type's strengths and challenges as well as exploring all 81 parent-child type combinations. A fun quiz helps you discover your parenting style, whilst highlighting gifts as well as areas for improvement. Getting to grips with the emotional inner core of your kids, you gain insight into positive and more challenging traits of each Enneagram type child and how to encourage the best from them. Better Parenting with the Enneagram is like having your own personal manual--for yourself and your child. You'll learn what drives them, what they fear most, what inspires them, and most importantly, how you can best relate to them, whether they are young kids, pre-teens, or teenagers. The systematic approach of the Enneagram offers an opportunity for learning to better understand your child, react more appropriately in stressful situations, and improve your overall relationship. You'll learn to recognize and navigate not only your child's triggers but also your own. Tumultuous emotional storms might be averted by becoming aware of what kind of response your child needs in certain situations. Feeling more understood will create a deeper parent-child bond, because being present with our children is the best gift we can give them.

IntroductionPART 1Parenting and the Enneagram1 The Enneagram-Your Parenting How-To2 Easy-Peasy Enneagram Terminology ExplainedPART 2The Enneagram Types -- Parents and Children3 Type OneThe Type One Parent: The Parenting PerfectionistThe Type One Child: The Good Boy/Girl4 Type TwoThe Type Two Parent: The Pleasing and Praising ParentThe Type Two Child: :The Little Helper5 Type Three The Type Three Parent: The Goal-Setting Go-Getter The Type Three Child: The Little Star 6 Type FourThe Type Four Parent: The Introspective IndividualistThe Type Four Child: The Creative Child7 Type FiveThe Type Five Parent: The Observing IntrovertThe Type Five Child: The Little Professor8 Type SixThe Type Six Parent: The Dutiful ParentThe Type Six Child: The Super Little Trooper9 Type SevenThe Type Seven Parent: The Spontaneous SocializerThe Type Seven Child: The Enthusiastic Extrovert10 Type EightThe Type Eight Parent: The Assertive AdultThe Type Eight Child: The Bossy Boots11 Type NineThe Type Nine Parent: The Accepting Adult/Patient ParentThe Type Nine Child: The Chilled ChildPART 3Parent?Child CombinationsType SixThe Type Six Parent: The Dutiful Parent The Type Six Child: The Super Little Trooper Type Seven The Type Seven Parent: The Spontaneous Socializer The Type Seven Child: The Enthusiastic Extrovert Type EightThe Type Eight Parent: The Assertive Adult The Type Eight Child: The Bossy Boots Type NineThe Type Nine Parent: The Accepting Adult/Patient Parent The Type Nine Child: The Chilled ChildPART 3 Parent-Child CombinationsType OneParents and Their Children Type Two Parents and Their Children Type ThreeParents and Their ChildrenType FourParents and Their Children Type FiveParents and Their Children Type Six Parents and Their ChildrenType Seven Parents and Their Children Type EightParents and Their ChildrenType NineParents and Their Children AfterwordAppendixQuick Type Overview Lost Messages Your Child Needs to HearWhat Toys Different Enneagram Type Kids Could Enjoy .BibliographyAbout the Author