I definitely agree kids need to develop skills to socialize with others, but I'm also concerned with not forcing my children to be something they're not. I've noticed my youngest would rather be by herself than playing with her sister or other classmates, but she spends most of her time alone either drawing or writing little stories. While I would like to see her making friends and playing with others I also want to be careful not to discourage her creative, inwardly focused side. Does this book talk about balancing the two at all?

Hi PareCon80. Yes, the book does a great job helping to balance the two. I am also like you where I don't believe in forcing my child to be someone she is not but I was concerned because she would show signs of wanting to interact with others so I just helped her learn ways to do more of it. She actually is still very shy but now does more interacting with other children. I give her ideas but in the end, it is her who decides how to do things or whether to do them at all. At first because I am also on the shy side, I had no way of teaching her these skills so the book was helpful to me as well as to her and personally it has helped me in my social life but hasn't changed the person I am. I have another copy, if interested, let me know and I'll get it to you to see if it's helpful. Thanks for the comment.