Hi George: We’ve taken your seminar twice in the last 10 years. I’m a close Orange/Green (depending on the day) and my husband is Green/Orange. I find that the clashes tend to happen more with his utter lack of anything Gold and my low Blue (my poor children…lol). We have six children and every Color is definitely represented!
Our oldest is 12 and he’s Green/Gold. We get along splendidly. I’ve read to all our kids at very young ages, and he could read already at four. He loves including his brothers (especially in his teddy bear war reenactments as someone needs to gurney away the casualties). When the noise gets to him so he goes across the road to the park for an hour of alone time.
Next, we are blessed with a 10-year old Blue boy! I have to be very intentional about asking him how his day went and patiently listening to his very long and detailed description of everything (to the point man!) He loves lots of hugs, but boy, no one knows everyone’s ‘buttons’ better!
Then along came our Orange child who is 8. At an early age we noticed how loud she is! She’s full of spunk, constantly moving…vibrating really. She brings a lot of excitement to the family. Our challenges is her constantly distracted brain (chores, etc.) But with my high Orange, it doesn’t overly bother me.
This little one is a bit tricky: She’s 6 and we thought she must be all Blue. The biggest smile you can imagine – just such a joyful sweetheart. But now that she’s started school, we’ve noticed her challenging authority when she’s not being mentally challenged and school is too easy. Could this be a Green child being treated like she’s dumb? (Worst insult imaginable!) Stay tuned…
Next is our 4-year old boy, and I think we’ve finally got our Gold child! Yes, I’m excited because we really need someone to help us keep this house organized! He seems to really know where things need to go and be done in a certain way…Let’s explore the world of toy bin sorting, shall we?
And our youngest is 1. He seems to love being snuggled and kissed. Most kids eventually pull away and want to carry on with life, but not him! I could hug/hold him all day and he’d be happy. Could we really have two Blue boys? At least they’ll have each other…
We just love all our colorful children; we’ve been so very blessed and rely on God daily. It’s so fun learning how each is unique and how to really make each one feel special and important to our family. Your Colors course has impacted me deeply, and I cannot imagine parenting without the tools you’ve given us. I’m so very thankful for the work you do! V.S. email edited for space