Let your kid be herself. Trust in God.
And as a reality tip, some social conventions can be 'imprinted' regardless of if they make sense to the social inept. Bathing, eating with the mouth closed, etc... are what Skinner's behavioral science was good at.
Being comfortable with large groups? Maybe never. But that isn't the end of the world.
/johnny
She is definitely going to be a productive member of society. She is very good at math, she is a very hard worker, and she also likes making money.
She does tend not to listen to others much, and she will ramble about topics that people are not interested in. She just can’t tell when people are tuned out.
She also hasn’t figured out how to ask other people questions to get to know them.
I just don’t want her to become too isolated when she leaves home. She could easily do that.
I can’t give a speech to save my life. I always had friends in grade school, but was never in with the popular people. To this day, I think people would consider me a slightly odd. I can speak one on one okay, but not great, and have a real hard time making small talk at social gatherings. I think mine is genetics and environment. Probably got the shyness gene from my mom and growing up in a home with alcoholism really stunted my development. I write much better than I ever could talk. Anyway, I’ve always considered shyness to be a real disability for me. It’s prevented me for doing/enjoying a lot of things. Funny thing is, I have 3 non-shy kids that have forced me out of my shell to a great degree.