http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/252362/Extremely-shy-5-year-old-Kindergartner My 5 year old daugher is extremely shy, she just started back to school K2. I want to make sure she makes friends but I know she wont make the first move, when i ask her who she played with last week, its always one of the boys. She does not like to share news on her schoolday so I have to drag the information out a lot. She is very sensitive, she gets upset easily and when she is upset, she says, you dont love me mommy which really hurts as I tell her always i love her even if i am angry with her, i will ask say Mommy loves you but I am angry right now for doing something naughty. I never label her as shy, and I always telll her i am proud of her when she does something good. How do i make her more confident in herself, I fell she lacks self confidence. my husband says she will grow out of this. She has a 3 year old sister, who is almost the opposite, happy does not whine as much and makes friends a lot easier. GreatSchools en-us lockmama My daughter was incredibly shy when she was younger. She wouldn't even look at people so speaking to them was never going to happen. She was like this with everyone- ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/252362/Extremely-shy-5-year-old-Kindergartner?cpage=1#comment_607976 5100.607976 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:40:12 -0700 znbcougars My five year old son is shy too. He says that he gets scared in certin situations. He still gets shy around the same neighbors we've always had, around his ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/252362/Extremely-shy-5-year-old-Kindergartner?cpage=1#comment_606953 5100.606953 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:23:21 -0700