Now that eMail exists, take advantage of this opportunity to send emails to your favorite introvert! They will appreciate it more than you can imagine.

If an introvert writes something to you rather than saying it, don't be insulted. This is their preferred means of communicating.

Introverts are excellent listeners. They really take time to tune in and they aren't just using spaces as a way to frame their next comment about themselves! Most introverts will not interrupt or rush an answer. Don't assume because they are quiet, that they agree with you. This is a serious error. If it's important, ask them point blank what they are thinking. Then be prepared to wait as long as it takes for an answer (sometimes a day or two). Wait patiently and politely. This is called giving someone else "space".

Good luck getting best out of introverts on your personal team, be it business or personal!

•Photography

•Pets and training pets

•Playing a musical instrument

•Penpals (especially if they’re learning a foreign language)

•Working on props for school plays or other activities strictly behind scenes

•Internet projects

•Internet games of educational value

•Sports which do not require a team or partner, such as long distance running, swimming or rollerblading

•Decorating their room

•Listening to music

•Independent travel

•Practice designing fashions or developing interests in art, architecture or history (I knew one teenage girl who loved to do grave rubbings and traveled to Europe to do this one summer)

•Maintaining family photo album

•Reading

•Volunteer work such as working with animals or reading to deaf

•Supporting a child from a foreign country with donations, letters, photos, etc.

In my interviews with introverted adults, two most common complaints I hear about way they were raised was that they were (1) asked to “go out and play with other kids” and (2) told they read too much. Some parents even took books away or make fun of them for reading.

The best way to make your introverted child a winner is to make him or her a winner in your own eyes. Learn to identify and value introverted qualities of concentration, focus, self discipline, depth, integrity and self knowledge. It is without doubt and we know this metaphysically, that there are no accidents in this world. Your introverted child has come into your life for a reason!

Quit waiting for them to “turn into” social butterflies. Just imagine what world would have missed if Steven Spielberg had gone outside to play with other children.

And be of good cheer. The higher up you go in education and intelligence, greater percentage of introverts. Through history, introverts have made contributions to world far in excess of their numbers. While comprising only 30% of population, they have furthered humanity in many fields. Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer and Mother Theresa have all been identified as introverts by Keirsey Temperament Inventory. Visit Keirsey on web and learn more at www.keirsey.com. President George Bush Sr., Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, world’s greatest investor, are introverts who have recently made great contributions.

Learning about introverts and supporting your introverted child during school years in being consciously introverted will bring happiness into your home and build a positive sense of self in your child. Above all, please let your introverted child have his or her own room and let them close door whenever they want. Being alone is their way of restoring balance and it is quite necessary for good mental and physical health.