As adults we often forget our perception of the world when we were children. The sheer scope of sensory stimulation a toddler experiences can be simply overwhelming at times. In fact, it can be frightening to the extent that a child may withdraw from social interaction. Such was the case with my precocious yet painfully shy in public 2 year old daughter. Yet inexplicably at a recent children’s party, my demure little angel took a hammer to her self-imposed wall of shyness and pulverized it to dust.
Breaking the Chains of Shyness