[ReadingMommy]

I wanted to share this great article I just read about parenting introverted children!

http://www.introvertedchurch.com/201...troverted.html

Right now, with my 4-yr-old introverted son, I'm wanting to find better ways of dealing with the comments of other people about him being "shy", etc. He's so much like me when I was his age and is very cautious about talking around people he doesn't know well. People we don't see all the time are often surprised to find that he *can* talk, even though he talks my ear off at home!

The article gives this advice:
If your child is shy, don’t let her hear you call her by that label. She’ll start to experience her nervousness as a fixed trait rather than as an emotion she can learn to control. She also knows full well that “shy” is a stigmatized word in our society. When others call her shy in front of her (which they will), reframe it lightly. “Sophie is great at sussing out new situations.”

Since I can't picture myself regularly using the word "sussing", I need to come up with some good scripts to pull out when I'm explaining and standing up for him in public. What do you say on behalf of your little introvert?