Oooh, good comeback!

Ok, here’s what I mean…

Obviously I don’t know what’s going to happen to me tomorrow, and I certainly don’t know what’s going to happen to you! It isn’t possible to always control our circumstances, but we can *always* control how we react.

We can either react in a positive or negative way.

Although that sounds simplistic, it’s actually true. Our instant reaction may change once we consider situation at hand.

More often than not, an instant reaction that is positive, will *stay* positive after reflection. An instant reaction that is negative, however, can be changed most of time to a positive one.

Not all children are as happy about Hallowe’en as you’d think.

Some of our more lavishly celebrated children’s holidays are planned with extroverted children in mind. What about remaining 30% who are different? 30% of all children are introverts.

Please don’t feel sorry for us. We’re not extroverts who failed to become life of party. Introversion is a legitimate personality type.

I’d like to take a moment to advocate for kids like me. We’re introverts!

Now, don’t get me wrong. We love a good time and we sure love our family. It’s just that we define fun a little differently than our extroverted peers.

Let’s plan a Hallowe’en that works for introverted kids, too. Then we’ll branch out to Christmas and Easter. We’re on a crusade to raise consciousness.

Here are some of things that can stress introverted kids and why.

•INTROVERTS ARE TERRITORIAL.

Someone can’t take our seat, tug at our sweater, put our toy away, grab book out of our hands or scoop us up unexpectedly for a big hug and kiss without ruffling our feathers. Please give us our personal space, no matter how cute we look all dolled up!

•INTROVERTS NEED TIME ALONE TO RECHARGE THEIR BATTERIES.

If forced into a loud, crowded, brightly lit environment full of colors, smells and new sights for too long, we may become exhausted, irritable and out of sorts whether that’s throwing a tantrum or throwing up. For us, less is more. Please limit out experiences of things like this to absolute minimum! Your fun can be our ordeal.

•INTROVERTS VALUE PRIVACY.