Introverted Teen? Upside to Not Being Life of the Party
Extroversion gets all the good press, but being an introverted teen has positives, too. The key: finding balance between the extremes.
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Generation Nerd: Does Social Ineptitude Matter For Our Kids?
What we worry most about in kids -- lack of face-to-face connection, inability to speak publicly, etc. -- may not matter in…
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Awkward Reflections of Self in Child Require Understanding, Acceptance
What am I doing wrong to socialize him? Am I unwittingly damaging him through my awkward parenting style and personal deficiencies?
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Why I Love Secretly Observing My Children Play Tennis
Quietly observing my kids play and enjoy tennis, the sport I love, helps me see that I must be doing some things…
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Loitering, or the Awkward Art of Spending Quality Time with Kids
To escape YouTube and Netflix, I finally had to embrace my children’s one shared passion: awkwardly loitering around in front of other…
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Teenage Introvert Has His Price for Breaking Out of Shell
A dad pays his son, a teenage introvert, to start conversations with random strangers. Brilliant idea or bankrupt?
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