oh, sorry, it came across more as global condemnation. Not really upset, just a bit defensive, my apologies for the raised hackles and emo-tweak.
The part about Se is actually very enlightening. To clarify-I laughed his idea one time-when I saw how badly he responded i felt really terrible, so now I try really hard to not laugh at all and to be very serious and give him corrections or just listen even if it is silly. I smile on the inside, but the big INTJ said being taken serious is very important so I try and do so to the little one. He gives me little mini lectures about the topics he knows about-stars and clouds and planets and stuff.
Did your mom being an Fe user frustrate you at all? My little one already can be very Te and direct. Rather than make him "speak nicely" I try and let him speak naturally, expecting "nice" to be a skill he picks up later. He isnt rude-but he is very Te at times, which many would interpret as rude. I suppose I would assume that being Te would drive you to control your world in a different way from your mom-thus potentially create conflict. A different sort of boundary conflict.
Satine has a point about the enfp teen. Fi-not for use on siblings it appears.
Did your mom being an Fe user frustrate you at all? My little one already can be very Te and direct. Rather than make him "speak nicely" I try and let him speak naturally, expecting "nice" to be a skill he picks up later. He isnt rude-but he is very Te at times, which many would interpret as rude.
Mm-hmm.
By coincidence, I have wondered something similar about pulling stupid Ni tricks on ESPs. Do they freak out or does it intrigue and delight? Who can tell?
Ah but see, if I pull a trick, then talk about the trick, the act of talking about the trick compounds the trick, sending the whole thing even more abstract and "holistic". One will end up poked with a stick or something.
In context a "trick" would be to unexpectedly reinterpret something (for fun and profit).
Explaining what one did wouldn't be a trick. It would be dull, and not a trick. But one would be tempted to start talking about why. Naturally one could explain the fun and profit side, but, Holy Moses, will that ever generate an over-arching narrative the likes of which hasn't been seen outside of an Ni mind since, well, whenever an INJ most recently fumbled a date.
Pfffft. Depressing. Duality and type seem inescapable.