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like hanging out with my mom after

school because I can learn from her.

She’s been alive longer than me. We

have thoughtful conversations. I like

having thoughtful conversations because

they make people happy.” *

Isabel is telling us, in all her secondgrade

wisdom, that introverts relate to

other people. Of course they do. They

just do it in their own way.

Now that Joyce understands Isabel’s

needs, mother and daughter brainstorm

happily, figuring out strategies to help

Isabel navigate her school day. “Before,

I would have had Isabel going out and

seeing people all the time, packing her

time after school full of activities,” says

Joyce. “Now I understand that it’s very

stressful for her to be in school, so we

figure out together how much socializing

makes sense and when it should

happen.” Joyce doesn’t mind when

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