Why Does My Child Act Like That?: Understanding Your Child’s Temperament — and Raising Them with Less Friction and More Results (From Mother to Mother)

Your child is not the problem. Your child has a temperament — and you may not yet have a framework for understanding it. Most of the frustration between parents and children is not a discipline problem. It is a temperament mismatch problem.

The parent who moves fast and decides quickly will clash daily with the slow, deliberate child. The high-energy, spontaneous parent will exhaust the sensitive, structure-loving child. And both will spend years wondering what they are doing wrong.

Camila Antunes — therapist, family educator, and founder of Primeira Mente, with over 8,000 families impacted — presents the practical guide to the four classic temperaments and how to parent each one effectively: · The Choleric child: strong-willed, driven, hard to stop — and how to channel her leadership without breaking her · The Sanguine child: joyful, distracted, always ‘on’ — and how to build the structure she cannot build herself · The Melancholic child: sensitive, deep, hard to read — and how to reach her without overwhelming her · The Phlegmatic child: calm, steady, slower to move — and how to motivate without pressuring Includes: temperament profile cards for each type · the temperament quiz to identify your child’s blend · discipline strategies by temperament · school, friendships, and chores by temperament · real family stories · reflection exercises Understanding your child’s temperament does not excuse bad behavior.

It explains where the behavior is coming from — and unlocks strategies that actually work for that particular child. Book 4 of the From Mother to Mother series — a practical parenting series covering the essential questions of raising children with character, from birth to adulthood.