They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but you’d have a tough time convincing some of us introverts. Today Samm Burnham Davidson writes about the challenges of raising a wildly outgoing kid when you’re more the type to hang back. She writes: “Once I found her on the other side of the neighborhood jumping on a woman’s newly blown-up bouncy house with her two kids. We had met them once. So often I end up outside, disheveled and unprepared, trying not to look like a neglectful mother, hanging out, making conversation, and being social — just like her.” Been there!
— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor |