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Title: The Shy Child : Overcoming and Preventing Shyness from Infancy to Adulthood by Philip G. Zimbardo, Shirley L. Radl ISBN: 1-883536-21-9 Publisher: Malor Books Pub. Date: July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.56 (9 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: The Shy Child
Comment: I read with interest the comments made by so-called "reviewers." I merely ordered the book in hopes of helping my sister-in-law to understand why her five-year-old granddaugter hides under the table rather than face or greet us when we visit. When she is finally coaxed by her grandparents to emerge, she exhibits inappropriate behavior -at least to us. I am searching for anything that may be helpful!

I am highly incensed by some of the reviewers' remarks. Perhaps they did not take the time to read the jacket cover before purchase. It appears to me that the hostile/negative comments directed at the author are highly indicative of why he/she has a shy child: when is the child allowed to speak; and what form should it take so as not to offend/inflame the parent? Perhaps these parents are searching for the wrong books, and should examine their own priorities!

Rating: 4
Summary: Good, basic resource for helping shy children
Comment: I found much of this book to be very helpful, with some great tips on helping the shy child. My child is on the very extreme end of being shy, with some SID to make matters worse. Even so, I thought this book had enough helpful items to make the purchase worthwhile. I'd also like to say something about another reviewer's comment that the book doesn't mention Asperger's Syndrome. This reviewer thought it was a serious ommission on the author's part not to mention AS. However, in the author's defense, I think it should be noted that this book was originally written in 1982, well before most people/professionals became aware that there even was such as thing as Aspgerger's Syndrome. That didn't happen until the 1990's, ten years after this book was written.

Rating: 3
Summary: Servicable
Comment: I thought this book provided a pretty simplistic view of shyness and its causes. It touched on medical theory and evidence, but didn't go into much detail. Some of the hypothetical examples given were a bit one-dimensional. The remedies were basic and not terribly creative. Still, there were a couple of good ideas, but it wasn't word reading through the whole book for them. Also, my child didn't really fit the archetypal profile that the authors outline, making the book less relevant or "custom fitted" for our particular child.