Develop Your Baby's Creativity

Basically, all children are creative, and always wanted to know new things, it's just that distinguishes it is the restrictions of the environment and a sense of enthusiasm for the little one that varies. As a parent, his duty is mengexplor talents and interests of the little early. It is not difficult because of their own abilities that will stand out and be seen clearly, the parents just need to facilitate and develop it as the original.


Not demand the desire

A good parent figure is not demanding anything as they wish. Example: Little wants to be an expert musical talent while the little one would rather draw that leads to the fine arts. It will not work because of the mismatch of interest. As a parent, should be able to accept the advantages and disadvantages of the Small. Always be mensugesti that he is able.


Child is unique

Often the parents compare the little with other children, as though there was always a shortage of the little one. Parents should always be aware that the child is unique. Each individual the same as well as adults, not like in comparison with others, and will not be equated with other children.


Creativity is multidimensional

Being the little creativity may be different, every home from school to get new things that he liked, he would immediately show them to parents at home, however, if creativity is not he like and do not take the slightest attention, with dipaksapun be difficult to develop. Example: the Little gets a quick way to resolve the problems in mathematics, he will try to show it off to the parents that he could quickly in the count, but there saaat dance lessons at school, he would not repeat it at home. Creativity is mulitidimensional, and each child has their own creative dimension.


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Give serious attention to what is being done by our children, for example by contributing to activities with the children and introduce new terms and ideas associated with these activities. Let me know either way, the risks and benefits and let the little one thinking about his new hobby. Give it time, place, convenience and materials for the little more creative.


Do it with ease

Usually, parents prefer to see direct results from the creativity of the child so, and instead of learning to Achieve its goals. Though the prose is clear there will be seen by how They solve problems, seek and enjoy success. Perform this process with ease and with perspective of the little one, not on an adult's perspective. Tension and rigidity will only make-your child does not enjoy in developing his talent.


The following is characteristic Creative Children

1. spontaneous
2. Curiosity
3. current thinking
4. detail oriented
5. originality of ideas

Causes of Hearing Loss In Children

DEFINITION
About 3 in every 1000 children are born with less severe hearing loss. One in 10 chance of birth with less severe hearing deficiency, and more who have normal hearing at birth develop less experienced hearing before adulthood. Failure to recognize and treat hearing deficiency can affect the ability to speak and understand language seriously. Such damage can lead to failure at school, ridiculed by peers, ostracized, and emotional difficulties.


CAUSE
Genetic damage is the most common cause of hearing loss in newborns. Ear infections, including otitis media, is the most common cause of hearing loss in older children, during the buildup of earwax. Other cases in older children is head trauma, noise (including loud music), the use of aminoglycosides antibiotics (such as gentamicin), or thiazide diuretics, certain viral infections (eg, thyroid disease), tumors or trauma that damages nerves associated with auditory, injuries due to pencil or other foreign objects that enter in the ear, and its rare, autoimmune disease.

Risk Factors
Risk factors for hearing loss in children:

1. Newborns
   
   
   
   • low birth weight (especially less from 3.3 pounds).
     
   • low Apgar rate (lower than 5 at 1 minute or lower than 7 at 5 minutes).
     
     
   • low blood oxygen or seizures caused by obstructed labor.
     
   • rubella infection, syphilis, herpes, cytomegalovirus, or Toxoplasma before birth.
     
   • Abnormalities of the skull or face, especially those associated with the outer ear and ear canal.
     
   • High levels of bilirubin in the blood.
     Bacterial meningitis
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     Infection
   • blood vessels (sepsis)
     
     
   • Using a ventilator with time is too long.
     
   • Drugs (aminoglycosides antibiotics, some diuretics)
     History
   • health hearing loss at an early age in the parents or relatives.
     
     Older children
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     Same with all the points above, plus:
     
     
     
     • severe wounds on the head with a skull fracture or loss of consciousness.
       
       
     • chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma.
       
     • Several neurological disorders, such as neurofibromatosis and neurodegenerative disorders.
       Affected
     • noise
       
     • hole in the eardrum due to infection or serious injury.

SYMPTOMS
Parents can expect less severe hearing loss if the child does not react to sound or if the child has difficulty speaking or replying to chat. Hearing loss are not severe can be subtle and cause symptoms that are misinterpreted by parents or doctors. Children who ignore their parents or others who speak with them awhile, but not every time, probably do so because of lack of hearing is.

Children who speak and hear well at home but not in school may experience mild or moderate hearing less of where the problem is only in the middle of the noise in the classroom. In general, children are developing well dlam one situation but have social difficulties, behavioral, language and learning significantly in different situations should dilkukan screening for hearing deficiency.


Diagnosis
Because hearing plays an important role in the development of a child, most doctors recommend that all newborns be tested for hearing less at age 3 months. These tests are regulated by governments in many countries.

Screening is usually done in two parts. First, the child is tested for the echoes produced by healthy ears in response to a soft clicking sound produced by handheld devices (evoked otoacoustic emissions testing). If the test is the increased responsiveness of the hearing of a child, a second test measures the electrical signals from the brain in response to sound (brain stem response test associated with hearing)). ABR is not painful and is usually done when the child is sleeping; it can be performed on children at any age. If the results of the ABR is abnormal, the test is repeated in 1 month. If hearing loss is detected, the child is likely adapted to hearing aids and could benefit from placement on the education of children who are less devoted hearing.

Several different tools are used to diagnose hearing less on older children. One of them involves asking a series of questions to detect developmental delays in children, or to suspect the child's attention on the development of language and speech. the child's ear can also be examined for abnormalities. Children aged between 6 months and 2 years studied the possibility for their reaction to various sounds. In addition, the reaction of the eardrum to the sound frequency range (tympanometry) can indicate if there is fluid in the middle ear. After age 2, children usually can show that they hear and understand how to talk with a few simple commands, and they can be tested for reaction to sounds using hearing aids.


TREATMENT
Some causes of hearing loss can be treated so that the child could get hearing back. For example, ear infections can be treated with antibiotics or surgery, ear wax can be manually removed or destroyed with ear drops, and cholesteatoma can be removed with surgery. Very often, however, causes of hearing loss in children can not be restored, and the treatment involves the use of hearing aids to replace the shortage as much as possible.

Hearing aids are available for children aged 2 months. Children with mild or simple lack of hearing that occurs only in the classroom can also respond well to a radio system that leads the teacher's voice directly into a set of loudspeakers, hearing aids, or ear loudspeakers. Planting cochlear (a tool that is placed on the inner ear to stimulate auditory nerves associated with the electric current that responds to sound) is used for children with severe acute hearing.

Feeling proud to have grown in recent years among the deaf community about the richness of their culture and alternative forms of the communication. Most people opposed to the aggressive treatment of hearing loss as a reason to reject the children get an opportunity in their communities. Families who wish to consider this approach should discuss this with their doctor.

Treatment of short stature

DEFINITION
Short stature is below the normal height for his age (based on standard charts for age and height). Pituitary gland regulate the amount of growth hormone is produced, where the important factor in determining a person's height. If the gland produces less growth hormone pituarity, abnormally slow growth and short stature with normal proportions (pituarity dwarfed) can be generated.

Most short children, however, has pituarity gland with normal function and boost the growth of short because they were late or their parents are relatively short. Chronic diseases affecting the heart, lungs, kidneys, or intestines may also result in short stature. Abnormalities in the bone can also lead to a very short stature.


TREATMENT
Pituarity dwarfed treated with growth hormone. Growth hormone is also sometimes used to increase height in children who was short but pituarity glands function normally, but the use is controversial. Some parents think that short stature is a disorder, but most doctors do not approve the use of growth hormone in these children. By ignoring the causes of short stature, hormonal pituarity effective only if used before the growth plates in long bones of inactivity. X-rays can help determine whether the growth plate is not active.

Causes of Mental retardation

DEFINITION
Mental retardation (Mental Retardation, RM) is a condition characterized by general intelligence functions that are below average accompanied by a reduced ability to adapt (berpelilaku adaptive), which began to arise before the age of 18.

People who are mentally retarded, have developmental intelligence (intellectual) are lower and have difficulty in learning and social adaptation. Three percent of the total population of mentally retarded.


CAUSE
Level of intelligence is determined by heredity and environment. In most cases of RM, the cause is unknown; only 25% of the cases had a specific cause.

Roughly speaking, the cause of RM is divided into several groups:

1. Trauma (before and after birth)
- Intracranial hemorrhage before or after birth
- Injury to hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), before, during or after birth
- A severe head injury
2. Infection (congenital and after birth)
- Rubella kongenitalis
- Meningitis
- Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
- Encephalitis
- Toxoplasmosis kongenitalis
- Listeriosis
- HIV Infection
3. Chromosomal abnormalities
- Errors in the number of chromosomes (Down syndrome)
- Defects in chromosome (fragile X syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome)
- Translocation of chromosomes and cri du chat syndrome
4. Genetic abnormalities and inherited metabolic disorders
- Galactosemia
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Phenylketonuria
- Hunter syndrome
- Hurler's syndrome
- Sanfilippo Syndrome
- Leukodistrofi metakromatik
- Adrenoleukodistrofi
- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
- Rett Syndrome
- Sclerosis tuberosa
5. Metabolic
- Reye's Syndrome
- Dehydration hipernatremik
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Hypoglycemia (diabetes mellitus is not well controlled)
6. Poisoned
- The use of alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines and other drugs in pregnant women
- Methylmercury poisoning
- Lead poisoning
7. Nutrient
- Kwashiorkor
- Marasmus
- Malnutrition
8. Environment
- Poverty
- Low economic status
- Deprivation syndrome.


SYMPTOMS
Levels of Mental Retardation

Children with mild MR (IQ 52-68) could reach the capability to read to grade 4-6. Despite having difficulty reading, but they can learn basic educational skills needed in everyday life. They need supervision and guidance as well as education and specialized training. Usually not found physical abnormalities, but they can suffer from epilepsy.

They often do not mature and lack the capacity development of their social interactions. They have difficulty in adjusting to new circumstances and may have a poor ratings. They seldom make a serious assault, but could commit crimes impulsively.

Children with RM moderate (IQ 36-51) are clearly experiencing a delay in learning to talk and delay in reaching the level of other developments (such as sitting and talking). With training and support from their environment, they can live with a certain degree of independence.

Children with severe RM (IQ 20-35) can be trained, although somewhat more difficult than with moderate RM. Children with very severe RM (IQ 19 or less) usually can not learn to walk, speak or understand. Life expectancy for children with RM probably be shorter, depending on the cause and severity of RM. Typically, the more severe the smaller RMnya life expectancy.


Diagnosis
RM shows the development of a child who is significantly slower than other children the same age. Intelligence levels are below the average could be identified and measured through standardized intelligence tests (IQ tests), which showed less than 2 SD (standard deviation) below the average (usually with numbers less than 70, from an average of 100) .


TREATMENT
The main goal of treatment is to develop a child's potential to the maximum extent possible. As early as possible given the education and specialized training, which includes education and training of social skills to help the child function as normally as possible. Behavioral approaches are very important in understanding and working with children RM.


PREVENTION
Genetic counseling will provide knowledge and understanding to parents of children about the causes of RM RM. MMR vaccination has dramatically lowered the incidence of rubella (German measles) as one cause of RM.

Amniocentesis and chorion villus sample is a diagnostic examination that can find a number of abnormalities, including genetic disorders and spinal cord or brain abnormalities in the fetus. Every pregnant woman over the age of 35 years are encouraged to undergo amniocentesis and chorion villus examination, because they have the risk of babies suffering from Down syndrome.
Ultrasound can also help find abnormalities of the brain.

To detect Down syndrome and spina bifida can also be carried out measurements of serum alpha-protein levels. RM's diagnosis established before the baby is born, will give you the option of abortion or family planning to parents.

Other precautions that can be done to prevent the occurrence of RM:

* Genetic
Screening Prenatal (before birth) for genetic disorders and genetic counseling for families at risk can reduce the incidence of RM that the cause is genetic.
* Social
Government social programs to eradicate poverty and provide education that can either reduce the incidence of mild RM due to poverty and low economic status.
* Poisoning
Environmental programs to reduce lead and mercury and other toxins will reduce the RM due to poisoning.
Increasing public awareness of the effects of the use of alcohol and drugs during pregnancy can reduce the incidence of RM.
* Infection
Prevention of rubella kongenitalis is a good example of a successful program to prevent one form of RM.
Constant vigilance (eg relating to cats, toxoplasmosis and pregnancy), helps reduce the RM due to toxoplasmosis.

Obesity In Teens

DEFINITION
Obesity is the excessive accumulation of body fat. Obesity is twice as common in adolescents since 30 years ago. Although most of the complications of obesity occur in adulthood, adolescents who are overweight are more likely than other teens to have high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Although fewer than a third of obese adults who are obese teenagers, most obese adolescents remain obese as adults.

Factors that influence obesity in adolescents is the same as in adults. Parents often notice that obesity is the result of endocrine diseases, such as jipertiroid, but some disorders are rarely the cause. Adolescents with weight gain caused by endocrine disruption was short and usually have other signs on the underlying condition. Most teens who are obese simply because of overeating and little exercise. Because of society's stigma against obesity, many obese adolescents have less self image and become more withdrawn and socially isolated.

Interventions for adolescent obesity should focus on the establishment of health food and exercise habits than to lose weight in a certain amount. Caloric intake is reduced by maintaining a balanced diet in foods these days, making permanent changes in eating habits and increasing physical activity. Summer camp for teenage obesity in America usually help them eliminate a significant amount of weight, but without the effort continues, the weight usually returns again. Counseling helps teens confront their problems, including less admired yourself, can help.

Medications that reduce body weight is usually not used for teens because the notice regarding the safety and potential abuse. One exception to teen obesity with a strong family history of diabetes type 2; those at high risk of developing diabetes. Drug metformin, used to treat diabetes, could help them lose weight and also minimize the risk of becoming diabetic.

Child's Problem in School

DEFINITION
At school most of the time the existence of a teenager. The difficulty in nearly all the problems of life is often manifested as school problems. School problems during the teenage years of rebellion and possible outcomes of a desire to be free. Very rarely, due to mental health disorders, such as anxiety or depression.

The use of substances, violence and family conflict is also a common cause of school problems. Sometimes, inappropriate academic placement, particularly in adolescents who have learning disabilities or mild mental retardation is not immediately known in the life-causing school problems. Generally, teens with school problems must undergo significant testing and evaluation of mental health knowledge. The problems specifically treated if necessary, and general support and encouragement to do.

The problems started happening in the environment of children, such as attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disorders, may continue to cause school problems in adolescents. Between 1% - 5% of adolescents experience fear entering the school. This fear is probably equally or associated with a particular person (a teacher or another student) or at school events (such as physical knowledge class). Adolescents may experience physical symptoms, such as abdominal pain, or may simply refuse to go to school. School personnel and family members should identify the reason, if a lot, for the fear and encourage teens to attend school.

Teens who frequently truant or drop out of school has been aware of his decision to avoid school. Teenagers are usually achieved minimal academic and have little success or satisfaction of school-related activities. They often engage in high-risk behavior, such as having unprotected sex, use drugs, and engaged in the fray. Adolescents at risk out of school should be given attention to other educational options, such as vocational training and other alternative prgogram.

Child Health - What Causes Amblyopia?

DEFINITION
Amblyopia, one cause of vision loss in children, is the reduction in vision that occurs because the brain ignores the image received from the eye. Loss of vision may not be recoverable if not diagnosed and treated before the age of 8 years.


CAUSE
A child's visual channel is not fully developed at birth. Visual system and brain need to be stimulated with a clear, focused, properly aligned, the accumulation of images from both eyes to be able to develop properly. These developments occurred mostly occurred in the first 3 years of age but not perfect until the age of about 8 years.

If the brain does not get to appropriate visual stimuli from the eye during the period of development, the brain learns to ignore (hold) images of the eye, causing vision loss. If the detention persist long enough, vision loss can be permanent. There are several reasons for the lack of visual stimulation properly, each of which can cause a type of amblyopia.

Refractive Amblyopia: Amblyopia can be caused by uncorrected refractive error or refractive imbalance, usually farsightedness or astigmatism, especially if there is a big difference between the two eyes.

Amblyopia Strabismic: eye misalignment (strabismus) can also cause amblyopia. Produce only one of two views of each eye that is usually combined or united into a single view of the brain and then integrated to produce three-dimensional view and high levels of depth perception. The ability of the unification of display in early childhood develops. If both look so out of alignment so that they can not be combined together, the brain hold the view, ignoring the input from that eye.

The brain was aware of the appearance of the affected eye even though the eye may be structurally normal. In adults, because the visual channel has been developed, to understand the two different display produces double vision (diplopia) rather than loss of vision. AmblyopiDeprivasi: The third type of amblyopia developing during or cloudy eye lens opacity (cataract) or cornea to reduce or alter the light entering the eye.


SYMPTOMS
Children with amblyopia may be too young to explain the symptoms. These children may wink, cover one eye with the hand, or have one eye that does not look the same direction as the other eye, it can indicate problems that require examination. Children, though, often seem not to have problems. If one eye to see well and others not, keep pace with both the child and not see a different function than their peers.


Diagnosis
By doing so, to find out the problem in visual development, vision screening in children should begin as early as possible during the examination ana and continued during childhood. In some areas, preschool children are screened by local and regional volunteers. Every time a child reaches school age, screening is done in schools by health practitioners. If problems are found during screening, the child should go to an ophthalmologist, either an ophthalmologist or an ophthalmologist.


TREATMENT
Treating amblyopia involves forcing the brain to use visual display of eye problems. Sometimes this is accomplished with a simple way to correcting refractive errors with glasses. More often, doctors "helping" normal eye ", to strengthen the eye by placing an additional lens on the back or using eye drops to blur vision, the good eye. If strabismus is the cause, should be repaired after the vision was equated between the eyes. Cataract or Other opacity in the eye may require surgery.

Treatment should be started on time, preferably at 2 to 4 years. Faster treatment carried out, would give a faster response as well. Amblyopia due to any cause is not treated before age 8 usually can not be fully repaired. Effective amblyopia treatment failure can cause permanent blindness in the affected eye.


PREVENTION
The sooner amblyopia or amblyopia risk factors are known, are more likely to amblyopia can be prevented or repaired. Therefore, the child's vision screening program should be supported by the community.

How To Overcome Children Who Bedwetting

DEFINITION
About 30% of children still wet the bed at age 4 years, 10% at age 6 years, 3% at age 12, and 1% at age 18. Bedwetting is more common in boys than girls and it seems to run in families.

Bedwetting usually occurs because the nerves supplying the bladder is slow to mature, so the child does not succeed waking when the bladder is full and needs emptying. Bedwetting can also be called a sleep disorder such as sleep walking and night terrors. Physical disorders commonly urinary tract infections-are found only 1 to 2% of children who wet. Other disorders, such as diabetes, rarely cause bedwetting. Bedwetting is sometimes caused by psychological problems, not only in children or in other family members, and sometimes are part of the symptoms of suspected sexual abuse.

Sometimes mengompolnya stop then start again. Recurrence of bedwetting is usually followed by a state or condition of psychological distress, but one of physical causes, especially urinary tract infections can be the cause.


TREATMENT
Parents and children need to know bedwetting are common, where it can be fixed, and that no one should feel guilty about it. An older child that bedwetting can take responsibility by limiting drinks after dinner (especially drinks that contain caffeine), urinating before going to bed, recording wet and dry nights, and change clothes and sleep time bedwetting. Parents may choose to give children a decent reward (positive reinforcement) during the night did not wet the bed.

Premises for children younger than 6 years old, parents can avoid giving the child to drink 2 to 3 hours before bedtime and encourage the child urinate before going to bed. In most children this age, time and physical maturation solve the problem.

For children ages 6 to 7 years, a form of treatment is often indicated. Bedwetting alarms, which wake a child when little urine is known, is the most effective treatment. They treat bed-wetting about 70% of children, and only about 10 to 15% of children start wetting the bed again after the alarm stopped. Alarms are relatively inexpensive and easy to administer. In the first week after, the child woke up only after fully urinating. In the next week, kids wake up after urinating a little and maybe wet the bed less often. Finally, the need to urinate wake the child before bed-wetting. Most parents know that the alarm can be removed after a period of not wetting the bed for 3 weeks.

If bedwetting persists in older children and giving rewards after the alarm is tested, your doctor may prescribe imipramine. Imipramine is an antidepressant but is used to cope with bedwetting because of loosening and tightening the sphincter of the bladder that prevents urine flow. When imipramine work, usually work in the first week of treatment. This rapid response is the only real benefit of this drug, especially if parents and children feel they need to eliminate the problem quickly. After a month of not wetting, reduced drug doses for 2 to 4 weeks, then stop. However, about 75% of children eventually start wetting the bed again. If this occurs, treatment can be tried for 3 months.

Drugs are increasingly popular for bedwetting is desmopressin tablets or nasal spray. These drugs reduce the amount of urine, thereby reducing bedwetting. This drug is used during the period of 1 to 3 months and then stopped as quickly as possible. Can be used at any time, like when kids go camping.

Tips changing Shy Child Become Self-Confidence

WHAT would you do if you have kids who are very shy? A son who was uncomfortable when her friends involved a simple conversation, or a daughter who looked at the ground when introduced to someone.


Limiting the shy children to new experiences certainly big enough to take social risks for the development. He will not have confidence in social situations. Even making the environment a new friendship was like scary stories.


As parents, we can help children feel more comfortable in a group with increased while practicing social skills. Here are some of the solution as reviewed Galtime.


Encourage eye contact


When you're talking with your child say, "Look Mama" or "I want to see your eyes." By consciously strengthening the capacity and provision of samples on a regular basis, it would seem easy for children to use eye contact.


Tip, if your child is not comfortable making eye contact, tell her to see a "bridge" from the speaker's nose. With a little practice, he usually no longer require engineering, and ultimately more confident speaker's eyes.


Teach conversational opening and closing


With your child, make a list of easy conversation opener that he used with groups of different people, like what can he say to someone who has known, an adult who has never met, or a child who wants to play with him. Then practice with him until he feels comfortable and tried in his own way.


It is better to train him not to talk to someone on the phone. Because usually, talking on the phone less practice the skills for shy children than do it face to face.


Practice the skills with younger children


Create opportunities for your child to play with younger children, eg brother, cousin, neighbor, or one of your children's friends. For teens, try to encourage him to keep the baby. This is a great way for a shy child to earn money and practice social skills, start a conversation, using eye contact-that he was reluctant to try with children his age.


Set the challenge of One-on-One


Dr. Fred Frankel, a psychologist at the UCLA Social Skills Training Program suggests, "the game one-on-one" (One-on-One) as the best way for children to build self-confidence. This is when your child took only one other child to socialize with each other.


To make them comfortable, provide food and soft drinks. Try to interrupt their conversation to a minimum. Note, siblings should not be included in this challenge and watch television should not be an option play.

7 Ways to Overcome Shy Child

If your child is really shy, do not ever melabelnya, because it will make a child's shyness is increasingly becoming. Remember, children will behave in accordance with what is labeled. You can contribute to minimize shyness in children.

Previously, parents need to do is find out, what causes it and in what circumstances such as children become shy. Is it only when outside the home, in certain situations, and so on. That way, parents have accurate data before it handles its cause.

Furthermore, a number of ways parents can do this:

1. Teach children to behave, behave, and even bertata manners in various situations. How she learned to start a conversation by greeting his friend. For example ask about, praised, or brought snacks to share. After the first communication went well, children can learn to raise hot topics or a favorite child.



2. Give children a skilled training that he spoke in front of crowds or public places, starting with speaking in front of the mirror, and then in front of his parents and siblings at home.



3. Teach also so that he can lead by giving him the duties and responsibilities, such as leading prayer in the classroom.



4. Encourage her to be brave and open when expressing his frustration over steam.



5. Parents give an example, how to become a person who is confident and bold, so that children can emulate. While at the restaurant, then get the food that is not appropriate order, for example, parents dare ask the waiter to replace it.



6. Create a safe environment for children, so children do not feel anxious or afraid blamed, ridiculed, scolded, and so on.



7. Help your child make her feel comfortable with her feelings, it also helps build his confidence with a variety of skills.

If parents felt it was the maximum but still not managed to change the child's shyness, there's no harm in asking the help of experts. That way, potential and social skills of children is not compromised due to excessive shyness.