quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

child fit if she’d been an introvert herself?
Not necessarily. Introverted parents
can face challenges of their own.
Sometimes painful childhood memories
can get in the way.
Emily Miller, a clinical social worker
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, told me about
a little girl she treated, Ava, whose shyness
was so extreme that it prevented
her from making friends or from concentrating
in class. Recently she sobbed
when asked to join a group singing in
front of the classroom, and her mother,
Sarah, decided to seek Miller’s help.
When Miller asked Sarah, a successful
business journalist, to act as a partner
in Ava’s treatment, Sarah burst into
tears. She’d been a shy child, too, and
felt guilty that she’d passed on to Ava
her terrible burden.
“I hide it better now, but I’m still just
like my daughter,” she explained. “I
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