mwv6r
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- Nov 22, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- INFJ
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My daughter isn't quite 2 years old yet but since I'm obsessed with all things Myers-Briggs I've been eager to type her pretty much since the day she was born! Of course it was tough to figure out her type using profiles written to describe adults. I had a feeling she was an S and quite possibly E and P too, but I just wasn't sure. I had been eyeing the book Nurture by Nature which boasts type descriptions for the toddler-age crowd. I finally bought it, and the ESFP toddler description was just so her that I had to laugh out loud.
I'm so excited to have figured out her type! I have to admit I am a little nervous about being able to meet the needs of my little "social butterfly" whose type is so different than my own. I probably know the least about ESFPs out of any type because for whatever reason I don't really have any close ESFP friends. (Quite a few SJ friends (particularly ESFJs) but no ESFPs and now that I think about it no SPs in general for that matter.) Maybe as an INFJ I come across as too serious and bookish to attract an SP?)
The ESFP coworkers and acquaintances and distant relatives that I do know are very likeable and laidback and pleasant to work with. I'm an elementary teacher and my ESFP students are usually very good-natured, upbeat, and some of my favorites each year, even if not the best students academically.
Do any INFJs or NFs out there have insights into parenting or close relationships with ESFPs or SPs in general? I read in the book that ESFP children are often sweet and eager to please but they can also be quite impulsive, so I guess I may need to make more of a point of establishing rules and boundaries than might be necessary with some other types. I know NFs and SPs are opposites of sorts but hopefully she and I will be able to bridge the divide <3
I'm so excited to have figured out her type! I have to admit I am a little nervous about being able to meet the needs of my little "social butterfly" whose type is so different than my own. I probably know the least about ESFPs out of any type because for whatever reason I don't really have any close ESFP friends. (Quite a few SJ friends (particularly ESFJs) but no ESFPs and now that I think about it no SPs in general for that matter.) Maybe as an INFJ I come across as too serious and bookish to attract an SP?)
The ESFP coworkers and acquaintances and distant relatives that I do know are very likeable and laidback and pleasant to work with. I'm an elementary teacher and my ESFP students are usually very good-natured, upbeat, and some of my favorites each year, even if not the best students academically.
Do any INFJs or NFs out there have insights into parenting or close relationships with ESFPs or SPs in general? I read in the book that ESFP children are often sweet and eager to please but they can also be quite impulsive, so I guess I may need to make more of a point of establishing rules and boundaries than might be necessary with some other types. I know NFs and SPs are opposites of sorts but hopefully she and I will be able to bridge the divide <3