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condition known as “social anxiety disorder,”
a chronic and disabling form of
shyness.
What scientists haven’t realized until
recently is that these risk factors have
an upside. In other words, the sensitivities
and the strengths are a package
deal. High-reactive kids who enjoy
good parenting, child care, and a stable
home environment tend to have fewer
emotional problems and more social
skills than their lower-reactive peers,
studies show. Often they’re exceedingly
empathic, caring, and cooperative.
They work well with others. They are
kind, conscientious, and easily disturbed
by cruelty, injustice, and irresponsibility.
They’re successful at the
things that matter to them. They don’t
necessarily turn into class presidents or
stars of the school play, Belsky told me,
though this can happen, too: “For some
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