I also grew up feeling my shyness (I was indeed shy) was a flaw.

For a while, however, like Sal, I considered my quiet nature a flaw, and it felt bad. Children don’t thrive under the suggestion they are inadequate and should change a big part of who they are. That’s why it’s wiser for parents, teachers, and other caregivers to stop looking at what they thin…
What if Your Flaws Are Superpowers?
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Jenine Bsharah Baines
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I also grew up feeling my shyness (I was indeed shy) was a flaw. By high school, I learned to mask it. All sorts of complications stemmed from this, alas. All part of the Process, eh?
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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