Poll: introvert or extrovert?

Tess12

Here are some links, if you're not familiar.  I am clicky-deficient, sorry.

https://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

https://www.dec.co.th/mbti_explanation.htm

What I'm wondering is, do you feel like being an introvert or an extrovert affects your parenting?[Poll]

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I'm an introvert, but pretty close to the middle actually. I hope DS is a lot more social than me, and better able to speak out in school, social settings, etc.  I love being around people, but I have a hard time making myself heard.

Agrippa

Both DH and I are introverts, and I worry that it will affect DS's ability to make friends when he is older.  While DH is good at putting on an extrovert mask when we're meeting new people (he somehow manages to come up with small talk and jokes) I am not.  I clam up and blush when people talk to me.

Since I am DS's major influence right now, I worry that he will end up the same way.  We're not planning on having any other kids, so I worry that he could be a lonely little boy.

Slightly off topic:  I still have no idea how I ended up being a high school teacher.  It seems counterintuitive for an introvert to be able to stand in front of a room of 14 year olds and actually survive!

KhloesMom

LOL, love the Meyer's Briggs survey. I'm ISTJ: The Guardian. So, so true.

Tess12

I am an introvert.  I'm INFP and all the way over on the scale.  But I, too, can put on the "extrovert mask" like Agrippa's husband.  My husband has a harder time with it.

Madeleine is a very, very social baby and I'm afraid that I will hold her back because it takes a lot of energy for me to go out and be around people.  But she seems to thrive on it.  Hopefully, we wll be able to work out a good balance as she gets older. 

Mama Jan

Interesting that the majority of us are introverts and are "online friends"... is that a coincidence or an introvert quality?

EDIT: I didn't answer the rest of the question, sorry.  Does it affect my parenting?  So far, it doesn't.  I push myself to do "extroverted" activities just as much as I used to.  I know it's important for my son to interact with other people.  Although, I think he's an introvert also, so I guess I'm just trying to teach him the importance of going to playgroup, playdates, etc. even when all you'd rather do is sit on the floor and read a book to yourself.

I'm curious what type my other children will be.  I've seen extroverted parents who really don't get their introverted children.  I've seen the struggle they have in their own relationship because they don't get it, and they don't try to get it.  I've vowed not to be that way.  So I hope that if I have extroverted children, I won't hold them back....

Mama Jan

KhloesMom:

LOL, love the Meyer's Briggs survey. I'm ISTJ: The Guardian. So, so true.

I'm ISTJ too!   Although I'm very close to being an N.

KhloesMom

**WHOOPS** totally blew that one. I just looked up my profile and I'm an ESTJ.

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I didn't take the test, but we do a similar assesment where I work and I am an extrovert.  DH is more of an introvert...but can put on the extrovert mask and wear it well. 

Tess12

Mama Jan:

Interesting that the majority of us are introverts and are "online friends"... is that a coincidence or an introvert quality?

EDIT: I didn't answer the rest of the question, sorry.  Does it affect my parenting?  So far, it doesn't.  I push myself to do "extroverted" activities just as much as I used to.  I know it's important for my son to interact with other people.  Although, I think he's an introvert also, so I guess I'm just trying to teach him the importance of going to playgroup, playdates, etc. even when all you'd rather do is sit on the floor and read a book to yourself.

I'm curious what type my other children will be.  I've seen extroverted parents who really don't get their introverted children.  I've seen the struggle they have in their own relationship because they don't get it, and they don't try to get it.  I've vowed not to be that way.  So I hope that if I have extroverted children, I won't hold them back....

I don't think it's a coincidence at all.  The extroverts are probably out running around, going places, and meeting people. lol

The world definitely is made for extroverts, so I think it would be harder for an extrovert parent to understand an introvert child. 

Agrippa

Tess12:

I don't think it's a coincidence at all.  The extroverts are probably out running around, going places, and meeting people. lol

The world definitely is made for extroverts, so I think it would be harder for an extrovert parent to understand an introvert child. 

My mother is an extrovert.  It was very difficult when I was growing up.  She didn't understand that I was perfectly comfortable sitting at home reading a book and that I didn't need to "go out and play with my friends" all of the time.  She also didn't understand why I wouldn't just go and talk to other kids while we were out and about, or why I didn't like crowds.  At one point, she even talked about sending me to a psychiatrist because she thought that I had psychological issues. :-(