Parenting

Parenting

By Brian Gresko

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Supporting Your Quiet Child Through Tough Social Situations

How a parent helped his introverted child find comfort in a social setting.

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Parenting

By DG

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Advice for Parents of Highly Sensitive Children

What highly sensitive kids wish you knew.

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Parenting

By Brian Gresko

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Why Slowing Down Your Kid’s Schedule Can Be A Good Thing

Overscheduling isn’t for everyone.

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Parenting

By Navdeep Singh Dhillon

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An Introvert Father and Ambivert Daughter Do New York’s Comic-Con

Can an introvert happily attend Comic-Con?

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Parenting

By Brian Gresko

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The Introverted Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays

Being an introverted parent during the holidays isn’t easy.

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Parenting

By Kristen Howerton

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Making Friends as an Introvert

Because they didn’t know me, my daughter didn’t get to be a part of it. And while I wasn’t pining to be in their group, it stung that it resulted in my daughter being left out.

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Parenting

By Brian Gresko

Mother and Son Painting Together | How to Find Quiet as a Parent, Wherever You Are

How to Find Quiet as a Parent, Wherever You Are

This seems to me the most important thing about introverted parenting: respecting your need to have time to yourself, even if you’re in the same room with your kid, and finding creative ways to do so.

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Parenting

By Monica Bielanko

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Children’s Birthday Parties: An Introvert’s Worst Nightmare

All that forced interaction in the name of good parenting creates a constant low-grade panic that ratchets up when the bane of all parent-introverts rears its ugly head: the birthday party.

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Parenting

By Brian Gresko

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Exercising My Way to Better Parenting

I felt guilty sticking my hard-working, fully employed wife with solo parent duty just so I could go to the park and run circles in the sunshine.

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Parenting

By Kristen Howerton

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The Benefits of Being an Introverted Parent

I viewed my introversion as a parental liability, a flaw I had to overcome. Lately, though, I’ve been wondering: could my introverted personality be a benefit? Does it actually, in some ways, make me a better parent?

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Parenting

By Brian Gresko

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No Guilt Allowed! Why Parents Need Time for Themselves

If you as an introvert hold yourself up to the standard set by our attachment-focused culture, you might end up feeling that something is wrong with you, that you don’t love your kids as much as you should, or that you’re somehow failing at parenting. You’re not.

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Parenting

By John Spencer

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When Quiet Students Struggle

Despite my understanding of introversion, I had failed to see Perla struggling at reading because she had been struggling in such a quiet way.

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Parenting

By Kristen Howerton

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Surviving as an Introverted Mother

Society tells us that we should savor every precious moment with our kids, and I was struggling to do this. If motherhood had been one of my biggest goals in life, why did I want to get away from my children?

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Parenting

By Brian Gresko

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How to Be a Quiet Leader in Your Child’s School

Still, I wanted to help out and be a good, modern parent. So I did the right thing and waited a couple of days to see if anyone else wanted to do it.

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