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What Each Myers-Briggs Personality Type Was Like As A Child

ENTP

The troublemaker child who was constantly pushing the teacher’s boundaries to see which rules could be bent.

INTJ

The reserved child who occasionally blurted out something so intelligent that their parents and teachers felt genuinely intimidated.

ENTJ

The child who ruled the playground through a mixture of intimidation and sophisticated political tactics.

INTP

The spacey child who accidentally walked into things a lot because he/she was busy wondering whether Martians were capable of understanding human language.

ESTJ

The schoolyard bully, who genuinely thought he was doing everyone a favor by telling them what was wrong with them.

ISFJ

The sweet, well-mannered child whom all the other parents kind of wished was their child.

ISTP

The child whose LEGO skills were matched only by educated architects.

INFJ

The ‘old soul’ child who acted like more of an adult than their parents.

ISTJ

The obedient child who took their chores and corresponding allowance more seriously than most adults take their full-time jobs.

INFP

The people-pleasing child who consistently put on a happy face at school, then came home and cried about something a classmate said to them six hours before.

ESTP

The daredevil child who got themselves banned from most of the playground equipment by second grade.

ENFJ

The child whom everyone in their class referred to as their best friend.

ESFP

The class clown who considered no stunt too dangerous if it would temporarily earn them the spotlight.

ISFP

The easy-going child who always volunteered to go along with whatever game or activity would make their friends the happiest.

ENFP

The wildly imaginative child who had ten thousand different answers to the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

ESFJ

The popular child who dictated the rules of the playground by selectively handing out friendship necklaces.