Understanding Child Shyness

In this lesson, child and family therapist Katie Malinski, discusses child shyness. She gives information about shyness at different ages, introverts, big steps that can help, and small tricks that will help you make things easier day to day. You'll also learn to how to recognize when shyness might be a sign of a larger problem, and what to do in that case.

Katie is a child and family therapist and parenting coach in Austin, Texas. Her career has always focused on working with children, adolescents and their families. Currently in private practice, she works with families around issues of discipline, oppositional/defiant behaviors, depression, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, adolescent substance abuse, divorce, custody problems, self-esteem, social skills, coping skills, sexual abuse, and other developmental issues.

Katie maintains two blogs: www.katiemalinski.com/blog is about parenting and therapy, and www.beyondbirdsandbees.com focuses on teaching healthy sexuality to our children.

When not working (or writing, or making mindbites!) you'll...

So Helpful

08/13/2008

~ alexjurek

This lesson is excellent. Katie very thoroughly explains shyness, long-term steps to take to help shy children, immediate tips and tricks, and when you should seek professional help for social anxiety. This will help to recognize those times when my child is in 'shy' developmental stages, and how to help him through that. I would recommend this lesson for every parent; whether your kids are introverted or extroverted, it will help you to deal with those shy phases or moments every child goes through.

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Really good advice

09/09/2008

~ TeacherMom

I'm a teacher and and this video was helpful to me. For example, I never thought about the role of "transitions" in shyness before, but it makes sense. Katie gave lots of good advice and specific things to do. I plan to recommend this video to parents who are concerned about their child's shyness.

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