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[quote=Anonymous]Spin off from earlier thread.  My 6 year old is shy and hates talking to adults.  We force her to say “thank you,” but she usually says it softly while looking down.  We role play answering questions like “how are you?” with “good, thank you, how are you?” But she has never implemented this in real life.

What else can we do to raise a polite kid while also accepting the fact that she is shy?  Should we reprimand when she doesn’t answer adults?  Or should we just not make a big deal of it.  Right now, we kind of wait for her to answer and then, before it gets too awkward, we answer for her.  So, for example, an adult will say “how old are you” and my kid will freeze or just look down.  I’ll repeat the question “honey, she asked how old you are.”   If there’s still no answer, I’ll answer for her or say something like “are you 10?!”  Sometimes she’ll laugh and then give the right answer.   The whole thing is awkward and annoying.  The person who asked the question doesn’t care and certainly doesn’t want to sit through our routine.   I need a better system to encourage her to look at adults and answer them!  And also to be spontaneously polite! [/quote]

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