How to Help Your Kids Shake off Their Shyness

“Shy people notice everything, but they do not get noticed.”-Anonymous

Shyness is integral to human behavior. There is no person on earth who does not feel shy at some point in life. However, excess of anything can be detrimental, and so is true for shyness as well. Feeling shy beyond a certain limit can become an obstacle in the path of growth in many ways. According to studies, shy children often fail to reach the teachers when they need assistance. Consequently, they never make their way out of their doubts, hindering the process of learning considerably.

Also, too much shyness can reduce the level of confidence in a child that might be another hurdle on his/her way to becoming a self-reliant, outspoken, and positive individual. Plenty of psychologists have suggested that if a child keeps him/her behind a veil of shyness all the time and refuses to permeate the same to reach out to the real world and the peers, the child might gradually develop a sense of repulsion for the society and the surroundings, which, surely is no way a desirable thing.

It is hence important to make sure that the blushes on the cheeks of kids are not intense enough to cover all of their existence but momentary enough to disappear after a while. And on that note, we, at JP International School, positioned among the best Schools in Greater Noida, would like to share with you some of the ways through which you can help your kids shake off their shyness and not let the same become an obstruction in their way of holistic development.

Do Not Scream-Help

First things first! Even if you think that your child is being too shy and abandoning social interaction, do not express your anxiousness or worry wildly. Handle your temper with wit and let the kid know that you understand his/her situation or challenges. Yelling, scolding, or screaming can only aggravate the problem instead of solving it. Hence, try to get close to the kids and comprehend their point of view to make them understand that the world is, after all, not a bad place.

Don’t Let Them Hide Away

Shy kids often try to hide away from gatherings, friendly get-togethers, and people. They often make themselves scarce during the house parties or social gatherings held inside the house. Try not to allow your kids the scope to run away from the crowd and help them gel with the others. Introduce them to other kids of their age and try to keep them engaged in such gatherings so that they do not find a way out to hide in a corner shying away from the people.

Teach Positivity and Self Esteem

In most of the cases, researchers have found that shy children are often made to feel inferior about them, which in turn, has forced them to crawl into a shell for protection. Most shy kids have this social-phobia anticipating a blow from the outside world that will further diminish their self-esteem. Hence, they prefer to avoid any interaction that might possibly make them feel little. Let your kids know that no matter what the others say, their identity does not depend on the words of others. Teach them to stand for themselves and fight with confidence to defy the odds. Tell them inspiring stories of the people who have faced numerous humiliations from the society but have left their mark on in history by not giving up or succumbing to the circumstances.

At JP International School, we believe that the potential to overcome every hurdle in life lies within the spirit of every child. This is why at JPIS, we have trained our teachers to offer all our pupils with methodological assistance and guidance to help the shy kids in coming out of their shells and mingle well with the peers. All our teachers at JPIS know how to maintain a friendly learning environment in class, supportive of a cooperative, mutually enriching, and intrepid learning where questioning and being questioned are given equal merit to nurture the fearless soul of every child.

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