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Why would you want to do that?

thought Joyce. But she caught herself

before she said it out loud. “Sounds

good to me,” she told Isabel. “And

Amanda still loves you. She just really

likes that other table. But it doesn’t

mean she doesn’t like you. And you

should get yourself the peaceful time

you need.”

Understanding introversion, says

Joyce, has changed the way she parents—and

she can’t believe it took her

so long. “When I see Isabel being her

wonderful self, I value it even if the

world may tell her she should want to

be at that other table. In fact, looking

at that table through her eyes, it helps

me reflect on how I might be perceived

by others and how I need to be aware

and manage my extroverted ‘default’ so

as not to miss the company of others

like my sweet daughter.”

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