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<blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>When I was a child, I was so shy that I remember bursting into tears when my mom asked me to buy a newspaper from a corner grocery store that I had never entered before.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>
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<p>When I cried, Mom bought the newspaper. Any parents reading this: If you want to help your shy kids, don't enable them by letting them avoid situations that make them nervous. Instead, encourage them and show them how to handle the situation. <<<<<<</p>
<p>When my kids were little, I got them used to dealing with "store people" by letting them give their order (at McDs) and giving the money. If they needed to order again later, I would give them the $$$ and have them go up by themselves, order and get the item.</p>
<p>It's also important to get kids "used" to using the phone properly.... calling businesses and asking if they have....(whatever). Or, if they are calling a friends home and the parent answers, my kids are to politely IDENTIFY themselves and ask for the kid..... They are not to just say "Can I speak to XXXXX" (if the parent may not know my kid, they are to say something like, This is JJJJ, I'm in YYYY's class at school, may I speak to him/her."</p>