SO NICE AND QUIET – The Strength of Introverted Children and Parents

Like a deer at a rock concert – that is Eva Lohmann’s description of how it feels to be the quiet one in a loud family. How can a family build functioning routines when one member needs peace and quiet and the other needs constant input? What advice is there for parents who worry that their quiet children might not make it in today’s extrovert society? And what to tell the partner who wants to start talking the moment the kids are finally in bed, when all you want to do is curl up on the sofa with a book? Introverts often are deep, thoughtful people. They are good listeners and even better observer. But they require safe spaces and need to be encouraged to be who they are. And they have to acquire strategies to find their way as a quiet person in this world.

Eva Lohmann shows how this can work by using her own life story as an introvert, interviews with experts, as well as plenty of scientific information.