Tips to Handle a Shy Child
Is your child who is now two years old often hide behind your back? No need to fright of. He can adapt well too!
Be ashamed or embarrassed at a certain age, is not part of the development. When children grow up to be shy, it’s a result of learning from the environment.
Do not give the label
At age two, children learn to interact with their environment. There are children who easily merged with the new situation. There are also children who need time to observe the new situation to eventually merge.
So, actually, there’s no reason to question the attitude of shy children. Therefore, Shy children were generally able to adjust themselves well. Indeed, there has been no research to prove the shy child have difficulty following the lessons or fail in the job.
Labeling a child is not shy on the appropriate action, because the child had never thought he was shy. If you often called your child to be the shy one, he finally convinced himself was shy.
Especially when you say he was shy with a bit upset. By calling that way you send the message about the child’s disability. In fact, children feel normal. You better tell the others, “My child really need a rather long time until he feels comfortable with his new surroundings.”
Prepare to face the new situation
You can help to eliminate child’s shyness by making it easier for him to face the new situation. This way you can try the following:
• Expand relationships. Introduce children to your friend’s children. But do not expect too much. Perhaps, initially it’s a little bit difficult before the children finally feel fit. When children can build closeness with one of his friends, he will learn how to handle himself, and the friend would help him to enter the larger group. Older friend will guide him in play, so he feels more confident.
• Playing the role with a hand puppet. Have the children act as parents to their children that you are shy. Play. Create dialogue, which essentially helps the shy feel more confident in the surrounding environment.
