Mister Rogers' type?

[Ratsimoan]

I love Mister Rogers too! I also think INFP, though I suck at typing people. He's just so accepting, like the INFPs in my life.

I know-accepting

 

[INTJMom]

By the way, I have a bit of idol-worship going on with Mister Rogers. So if anybody talks smack about him in this thread, I will turn green and bust out of all my clothing except the parts that would be interesting if they busted.

That said, he screams Fi to me. ISFP?

I thought he was an ISFJ because he reminded me of an ISFJ friend who LOVED repetition. Doing or saying the same things over and over again every day and never getting tired of it is what struck me about Mister Rogers. Routine and repetition... and that's what he tried to provide for the children who watched his program. I think he was an ISFJ.

 

[INTJMom]

tee-hee


I didn't remember I had already posted in this thread.

 

[Ivy]

I can see ISFJ more clearly than INFP or INFJ. I just don't see N in him. It's kind of N-centric to insist that someone has to be N to do what he did.

 

[onemoretime]

I can see ISFJ more clearly than INFP or INFJ. I just don't see N in him. It's kind of N-centric to insist that someone has to be N to do what he did.

He hated television. HATED it. And yet, he still realized what he could do with it.

Ni.

 

[KDude]

I don't identify with him at all

Not that I don't like him.. but I think I prefer Mr. Robinson instead.

 

[neptunesnet]

ISFJ. Kind of stereotypically ISFJ male, right?

I can also see some INFPs strongly identifying with Mister Rogers, or idolizing him as a child, because of his pronounced Si (ours tertiary>>>tert temptation).

 

[FemMecha]

My impression is ISFJ just because I understand ISFPs to have a certain vivaciousness that is less subdued and structured than their J counterparts. I think of Maria from the Sound of Music to be an ISFP being alone in nature and feeling great wonder, but getting in trouble for missing meals and being unstructured. Mr Rogers emits safety, harmlessness, and predictability. He is a safe and loving figure for children, and even Koko the gorilla idolized him and wanted to meet him. To me that seems more like Fe because it is about how he makes others feel, and not a lot of focus on his own feelings or passions.

 

[Thalassa]

He really seems INFP to me, the little imaginary land and everything on top of his basic personality. INFP men sometimes have a certain "fragility" to them that ISFJs don't, IME. I think ISFJs are more likely to fit a more masculine stereotype despite their supposedly effeminate personality type. An INFP generally doesn't give a rat's ass about conforming to gender norms.

I can usually tell the diff between an INFP and an ISFJ male pretty easily (because I prefer ISFJ despite my own NF-ness). I could be wrong, though.

 

[Thalassa]

I thought he was an ISFJ because he reminded me of an ISFJ friend who LOVED repetition. Doing or saying the same things over and over again every day and never getting tired of it is what struck me about Mister Rogers. Routine and repetition... and that's what he tried to provide for the children who watched his program. I think he was an ISFJ.

You can learn to provide routine (which children usually crave) and repetition (rote learning has always been popular) for children by being educated. That doesn't make him an ISFJ. INFPs also have tert Si, btw.

 

[Seymour]

I see him as a definite Fi dom, with a big emphasis on making the child feel accepted, valued and safe. His approach seemed more to be about making the world less scary for the child, rather than having the child prepare and conform to the world. He seemed more about acceptance and reassurance, and less about obligation and responsibilities (although clearly there was some of both). He was also markedly anti-commercials and anti-marketing, which also seems a good fit for an Fi-dom, since Fi-doms are often notably unmotivated by commercial concerns.

As far as ISFP vs INFP... his major was music composition, which would lead one slightly towards ISFP, although certainly composition can be approach theortically. However, he was also ordained a presbyterian minister, which I see as a better fit for INFP; while I know ISFPs can and do help the people in their lives, their help is often much more a practical, hands-on kind of helping rather than a more abstract, verbally based kind of assistance.

Also, I think Mr Rogers was directly addresses the inner fears and concerns of children as direct concepts. He seems more verbal than most ISFPs I know, who tend to express themselves less verbally and more physically and artistically.

Still, I think it's a tough call, since one could argue that his show was his art through which he expressed himself musically, verbally and visually. Still, most MBTI resources list him as a quintessential INFP, so I don't see a whole lot of reason to doubt it.

 

[INTJMom]

You can learn to provide routine (which children usually crave) and repetition (rote learning has always been popular) for children by being educated. That doesn't make him an ISFJ. INFPs also have tert Si, btw.

You're right.
For that matter, we can learn anything by being educated.
In my opinion though, that wasn't something he DID... it was WHO HE WAS.
Of course, I could be wrong.

 

[Snape42]

ESFJ

The man was clearly an ESFJ.

 

[Cloud of Thunder]

I would say ISFJ. Even though he had the make-believe, I think that was mainly a tool to communicate real-life issues with children. In terms of the Enneagram, he's a blatant 9w1.

 

[Orangey]

Eh, either ISFJ or ESFJ.

 

[Such Irony]

I think his enneatype is more clear cut than his MBTI type. 9w1 for sure. MBTI, F for sure, most likely introverted.

 

[Elfboy]

INFP 9w1 or 2w1 Sp/So

 

[Redbone]

INFP

 

[SingSmileShine]

I believe in INFP. He's so charming, sweet, and a dreamer. I love the man, rest in peace!