>>I like that you listed your son as No. 1 priority. If I may share with you my way of dealing with shyness and/or social issues with kids. IMHO (after raising two daughters) kids watch more what we do than what we say. I have always tried to be very social with adult strangers when having my kids with me. They will watch how you are with strangers and will try to emulate you.
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>>Also, introducing them to pot early in life does wonders <bg>.
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>That's a very good advice, Dmitry, except that I'm very shy as well and it's hard for me to be social with adult strangers...
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So, this is not the end of the world. If everybody in the world were very social there would be too much environmental noise <g>.
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