The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Sensitive People Struggle and How All Can Thrive
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- Create Date：2021-10-04 00:52:42
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：W. Thomas Boyce
- ISBN：1509805176
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Carlene Alexander
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Extremely interesting and thought provoking and backed up with research。 However I found the longitudinal 8 case studies less convincing as evidence。
Smin
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Some good insights from this biographical understanding of personality types in children。 I think I was expecting some more practical tips of understanding and navigating them。
Paul
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I decided to read this after really enjoying Philippa Perry's book and her recommending this。 I approached it with two concerns though - firstly that it would try to conjure a false dichotomy of kids （after all， it says on the back in big letters: "There are two kinds of people in this world"）， secondly that it would end up in a sort of genetic determinism that some medical doctors are wont to adopt。The first concern was mostly warranted。 Throughout most of the book， children are discussed as if I decided to read this after really enjoying Philippa Perry's book and her recommending this。 I approached it with two concerns though - firstly that it would try to conjure a false dichotomy of kids （after all， it says on the back in big letters: "There are two kinds of people in this world"）， secondly that it would end up in a sort of genetic determinism that some medical doctors are wont to adopt。The first concern was mostly warranted。 Throughout most of the book， children are discussed as if they can be neatly fitted into these two boxes， with anecdotes where individuals are labelled as clear orchids or dandelions。 Later on in the book， there is discussion of a semi-structured interview study of a small number of 'representative' subjects （which the author describes as ethnography， presumably purely on the basis that it's qualitative） which generally undermines his broad thesis。 At this point he accepts that dandelions and orchids are actually a spectrum rather than a dichotomy， but this is a minor detour in a dichotomous narrative。On the second point， I'd say I was generally wrong to be concerned， though the book does tend towards determinism at times。 Add in some pretty dodgy pop-evolutionary psychology， some cloaked political views passing for science （the author believes that some people should be dominant and some should be subordinate and this is the only sensible way of building society） and it really wasn't my cup of tea。Having said all that， the central thesis is an interesting one - that those children most vulnerable to the impacts of environments of deprivation are also those who would benefit most from a privileged or supportive environment。 The evidence presented is interesting but seems only part of the picture， not enough to know how well the thesis is supported by facts。 。。。more
Tao Chen
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Fundamentally sound and very informative。 Writing style is indeed quite academic though being an academic myself I don't mind。 Fundamentally sound and very informative。 Writing style is indeed quite academic though being an academic myself I don't mind。 。。。more
Deepak Rana
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A heavy book。 Quite academic。 Best to skip to the back and read the Q & A as you get what you need。 Essentially the summary is to pay attention to your kids。。
Melody
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