When Your Child is Introverted

Posted by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Apr 15, 2009

A reader just commented on my The Introvert's Personality Traits article, saying it helped her understand her child better. She's an extroverted parent; her son is an introvert. She didn't understand him - she thought he was sad because he liked to spend time alone - and as an extrovert, she doesn't view spending time alone the same way!

If introverts and extroverts don't understand each other, they have a hard time connecting. It's possible to build a strong, healthy relationship between introverts and extroverts - it just requires knowledge.

To help you better understand your introverted children if you're an extroverted parent (or to understand your introverted parents if you're an extroverted child!), read Accepting Your Introverted Traits or How Introverts Communicate.