TIPS ON HELPING YOUR TEEN OVERCOME SHYNESS #www.secureteen.com

1. UNDERSTAND YOUR TEEN

1.1. SHOW SENSITIVITY TOWARDS YOUR TEEN’S INTERESTS AND FEELINGS

1.2. BUILD A HEALTHY BOND WITH THE CHILD

1.3. PROVE TO THEM THAT YOU RESPECT HIS/HER CHOICES

1.4. HE OR SHE WILL START FEELING MORE CONFIDENT AND LESS SELF-CONSCIOUS

2. DEVELOP SELF-ESTEEM

2.1. SHY TEENS MAY LACK SOCIAL SKILLS AND HAVE POOR SELF-IMAGES

2.2. THEY FEEL THEY WON’T BE ACCEPTED BY PEERS

2.3. BOOST THEIR SELF-ESTEEM BY MAKING THEM BELIEVE THEY ARE WORTH IT

2.4. EMPOWER THEM WITH INDEPENDENCE AND PRAISE THEM OFTEN

2.5. MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES

2.6. CONFIDENT AND MOTIVATED TEENS ARE NOT LIKELY TO FEEL SHY

3. ENCOURAGE SOCIAL SKILLS

3.1. ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN TO DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS FROM YOUNG

3.2. TEACH THEM TO BE FRIENDLY WITH NEW PEOPLE

3.3. HELP TEENS TO OVERCOME SHYNESS BY MINGLING WITH NEW GROUPS OF PEERS BY SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THEM

3.4. ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE INITIATIVE WHILE STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER PERSON

4. LET YOUR SHY TEENS WARM UP TO NEW SITUATIONS

4.1. DO NOT PUSH THEM TO SITUATIONS WHICH THEY SEE AS THREATENING

4.2. TEENS WILL FEEL INHIBITED AND HESITATE TO COME OUT OF THEIR SHELLS

4.3. MAKE THEM FEEL SECURE

4.4. ENLIGHTEN THEM WITH BENEFITS OF SOCIALIZING BY GIVING OUT EXAMPLES