Temperament Types and Their Impact on Childhood and Relationships

This report delves into the author's childhood temperament, identifying it as 'difficult' based on behaviors like sleep disturbances, frequent crying, and challenges with toilet training. The author reflects on how these traits affected their relationship with their mother, who struggled to understand and manage the author's needs, leading to frustration and conflict. The report highlights the importance of parental understanding of child temperament, emphasizing the impact on the parent-child relationship. The author uses this analysis to reflect on past experiences and understand the impact of their temperament on interactions and relationships. The report concludes with a call for parental awareness of child temperament to foster more supportive and understanding relationships.

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My temperament type during childhood.
Temperament refers to a person’s nature, that is, the typical manner in which a person
thinks behaves or reacts to different situations or events. It is an individual’s level of
emotional excitability or intensity and is mostly recognized during the first few days of a
child’s birth. Personally, I had a difficult temperament when I was young. I can conclude this
after studying the three types of temperaments typical in children. My behaviors during my
childhood life depicted a difficult temperament.
First, I was always hard to get to sleep through the night. I can remember my mother
singing lullabies so that I can fall asleep. But even after this, I could see her leave my
bedroom and call her back loudly.
Crying was my hobby. At night, I could wake up and call my mother loudly, if she
didn’t reply, I could give a loud cry. She then could come and support me to sleep again, by
slowly rubbing my back and kissing me on the forehead.
Every morning I could call my mother to take me to the toilets. In the toilets.
However, she found it very difficult to toilet train me. I used to mess up most of the times.
Sometimes my mother could get frustrated and pinch me on the cheeks. However, after
studying the types of temperament traits, I have come to realize that this could have been
caused by my irregular bowel movements.
To summarise, my feisty temperament during childhood made me always impatient,
noisy, unable to adapt quickly. I used to disturb my older brother, who was at that time in his
university studies by sometimes tearing his books, distracting him in his study room and
calling him up so that we can play together.

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How my temperament affected my relationship with my parents.
I think my mother did not understand my temperament. I can conclude this
from the way she used to react to my behaviors. Sometimes she used to feel stressed
and even avoid interacting with me. I used to ask her questions only to see her with a
frown face. However, as a child, I could not understand why she looked upset.
My mother often became frustrated whenever I called her to my bedroom. She
used to shout at me at times and even pinch me on the cheeks. However, this could
not make me quiet as I could cry even louder. Seeing that I was not keeping calm, she
could relax and sing me lullabies.
From her behaviors, I can conclude that my mum saw me as a difficult child to
manage. This caused our relationship to be tasteless. Most of the times she looked
unhappy with me. Being a child, I was too naive to understand why my mother
seemed upset and unhappy. I have only come to know this after studying the types of
temperaments typical in children. I found some time to discuss this with her, and she
felt regretful about it. It is therefore essential for parents and guardians to understand
the temperaments of their children so that they can treat them appropriately without
getting frustrated.