Get Your Shy Tween to Socialize

When a shy child grows into a shy tween, it can be painful for parents to watch. While previously other kids would reach out to him or her, tweens are well established in their own clicks and seldom go out of their way to welcome children who don't demand entrance into the group. If you have a shy tween, here are some thins you can do to help your child socialize.

Instructions

Step1
Find like spirits. If you have a shy child, then you know how to recognize other shy children. Speak to parents and arrange a day when one or the other can drop off their child.

Step2
Have them join sports clubs. A good way for a shy child to socialize is to join a sport. If your shy tween does not like group sports, look for individual-type sports like martial arts and fencing. This will allow your tween to work on an individual basis among other kids and make friends with kids along the way.

Step3
Get them involved in church groups. Whether you go to church or not, have your child join a church or other supervised youth groups where kids get together to talk, play games and do community service. These kids usually form tight bonds with other kids.

Step4
Push them out of their comfort zones. Sometimes you just have to force them. In my case, we forced my very shy tween to take the oratory class and drama club at his homeschool program. While he claimed that he would rather be dead than participate, he found that it actually did not kill him, and he also found his niche in drama club. He may not be acting, but someone has to take care of lights and sound. While my son is still a little shy, he is no longer shy around other kids.
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