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understand why her sweet, lov<strong>in</strong>gdaughter wanted to spend so muchtime alone. She worried that someth<strong>in</strong>gwas wrong with Isabel. Despite whatshe’d always thought about her daughter’sempathetic nature, might Isabellack the ability to relate with others?It was only when I suggested thatJoyce’s daughter might be an <strong>in</strong>trovert,and expla<strong>in</strong>ed what that was, thatJoyce started th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g differently aboutIsabel’s experiences at school. And fromIsabel’s perspective, th<strong>in</strong>gs didn’t soundalarm<strong>in</strong>g at all. “I need a break afterschool,” she told me later. “School ishard because a lot <strong>of</strong> people are <strong>in</strong> theroom, so you get tired. I freak out if mymom plans a play date without tell<strong>in</strong>gme, because I don’t want to hurt myfriends’ feel<strong>in</strong>gs. But I’d rather stayhome. At a friend’s house you have todo the th<strong>in</strong>gs other people want to do. I691/929

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