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Understanding and Overcoming Childhood Shyness: Insights for Parents

Every child possesses the potential to thrive with adequate care, love, and experience. Shyness presents behaviors such as fear, passivity, and emotional isolation, often rooted in overprotection or lack of social exposure. Consequences can include anxiety, withdrawal, and reduced participation in social settings. Parents can help by identifying causes of shyness, fostering assertiveness, and promoting social engagement. Open communication, teacher collaboration, and increased quality time are crucial. Consider seeking professional help to support your child's emotional development.

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Understanding and Overcoming Childhood Shyness: Insights for Parents

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  1. The Child That Is Shy Angel Enrique Pacheco, Ph.D. Behavioral Humanistic Clinical Psychologist © 2003 Angel Enrique Pacheco, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved. Todos los Derechos Reservados.

  2. The Normal Child Basic Premise • Every child has the potential of becoming a fully functioning individual if given appropriate care, nutrition, love, acceptance, and a variety of experiences.

  3. Behavioral Description • Afraid • Non-assertive • Silent, non-verbal • Passive • Non-demanding • Seeks protection • Isolated emotionally and socially

  4. Probable Causes of Shyness • Punishment • Over-control • Over-protection • Reduced experiences

  5. Probable Consequences of Shyness • Tension, stress, and anxiety • Fear • Withdrawal • Loneliness and increased isolation • Reduced participation in class • Reduced socialization • Psychopathology (personality disorder)

  6. A Classic Pattern of Parental Inappropriate Training of A Child…

  7. Stress, Anger, and Frustration...

  8. Lead to Abuse...

  9. And Shyness….

  10. Changing Your Child’s Behavior • Determine the probable causes of your child’s shyness and change as necessary • Reinforce positively, often, your child’s expressions of assertiveness by eliciting his or her participation and opinion • Do not over-protect or “defend” your child • Help your child face the situations and “win” rather than escape or avoid them

  11. Important Basics • Talk to your child. Communicate your concerns and willingness to help • Enlist the collaboration of your child’s teacher and counselor • Increase your child’s after-school activities • Dedicate more quality time to your child • Seek professional help

  12. Instituto Dr. Pachecode PsicologíaLearn to Live Better® • Edificio Profesional Clínica Dr. Abel González • Avenida Independencia 105 • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic • Tel 809-686-6666; Fax 809-686-2222 • E-Mail: info@idpp.org • Internet: http://www.idpp.org/

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