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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - yes I do understand that introvert does not always equal low energy. But in general having kids means you have to interact with a lot more people than if you didn’t have kids.

At a minimum you are interacting with their teachers, parents of their friends and probably coaches or something of that sort. Add in more activities and more friends it’s more people you have to interact with. Times the number of kids you have.  [/quote]

I do find this aspect of parenting tiresome (and I'm introverted) but I also don't have a problem just being the "hi! bye!" parent at drop off, or handling teacher relationships largely via email. I generally do not find interacting with my kids' friends to be taxing (kids are so much easier than adults) and when I do find other parents taxing, I simply limit how much I talk to them (it's fine, everyone is busy and most people aren't actually dying to stand around talking to other parents).

Also, sometimes my introversion is a gift. I'm happy to set up or clean up after an event while other parents do more social activities. Many teachers are actually introverted themselves and I don't think they are dying to chat with me all day. I think my kid benefits from the fact that I don't socially engineer her friendships based on MY friendships with other parents. She likes a kid, we invite them over for a playdate. She hangs out with them at school. It has little to do with my social life. She has lots of friends and is happy. I'm never trying to convince her that so-and-so is great because I want to hang out with so-and-so's mom. Because I probably don't![/quote]

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