Myers-Briggs personality typing can help you accept your family for who they are

I’m in LOVE with the Myers-Briggs system and how it’s helped me understanding people and parenting. (As an ENFP, mind you, I love EVERYTHING. Especially emojiis.). ;) 

One of the knocks against the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) is how it can stereotype or pigeonhole people. “We are not all the same!”

No, we aren’t.

But the MBTI isn’t asserting that people are all the same, it’s asserting that there are cognitive functions that we lean towards naturally:

How we recharge.
How we take in information and make decisions.
How we perceive and work with time.

Inside those functions we have a lot of personal preferences. I have an ENFP friend who is meticulous in her dress and makeup. Matching earrings. The whole thing.

I’m not that way.

At all.

If I even remember to look in the mirror before I leave the house it’s a special occasion. I could blame it on having kids but she has kids too, so…. 

That being said we are both extroverted (charged up by groups). We both are future-oriented in thinking. We assign meaning to, well, everything. And we have the same rush-around-late thing with time. We have the same “functional stack” going on in our brains.

So what does this have to do with using Myers-Briggs with your family and your parenting?

It’s all about the intent.

Set the intent for Myers-Briggs to give you new insights so you can work WITH your child and your spouse more harmoniously. Set the intent that it opens up better pathways to communication. Set the intent that it helps you love and appreciate who they are and who they are not. Set the intent that it helps you know how to best help THEM to succeed in ways that speak to them.

And then let them be the unique people they are.

That’s the win-win of Myers-Briggs. Understanding AND acceptance. Two fantastic things for a family to thrive.