Two introverted parents, one wildly extroverted kid

[Thethreeamigos]

Dh, myself and Dd, 4

Dh and I have friends and have lived an exciting life with lots of travel etc and living abroad, but we’re fairly quiet and not massively confident…it wouldn’t show hugely, but we’re not out with friends or have friends over every weekend.
Dd, 4 is massively outgoing, friendly, confident and fun..no idea where she gets it from 🙈😅and she often invites herself to people’s homes 😬wants to hang out at the neighbours house, chats to other parents at the playground etc…it’s all very lovely for her and I have to force myself to do it all, for her sake…but I really don’t like it. Has anyone been in a similar situation? I’d really like to go to the playground without having to spend the afternoon with someone’s parents/family chatting at the playground, because Dd has approached them etc.
Dd also wants everyone around to the house, when really I’m not always in the mood and just want to chill at home..just us.
What do I do about this?

She seems to thrive off spending time with other people.

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So bizarre eh!

DS said to me, can we have a party and invite loads and loads of people to the house?

Er, no

Honestly, you shouldn't be allowing her to do some of these things. It is rude to invite yourself to someone's house tell her not to do it. I would also tell her to stop approaching adults in public, I doubt they all want to spend time talking to your child.

Check our Susan Cain Power of Introverts (Ted talk and book). She talks about how we find balance in a world that’s set up for extroverts and how as an introvert it’s important to have quiet time after activities that require us to be extroverted. But also for extroverts to understand the power in quiet time for deep thinking and reflection. It’s really helped me to understand and appreciate the differences between introversion and extroversion.

Lots of afterschool activities. Will keep her busy and you get to sit and watch. I'm glad mine were in afterschools as they were socialised out by 6pm