How to Start A Conversation With Anyone (and what to do afterwards)

I’m totally jealous of my 8 year old son’s ability to meet new people – and I’m a pretty outgoing guy. But I’ve got nothing, like zero, on the towering confidence he has in himself. Here’s the scene: Our family goes to some new place or event. Our son is by himself (only child). We’re there for maybe five minutes. “Daddy, can I go over there and talk to those kids?” he says pointing to a group of kids doing something. “Sure.” I say. He goes over to them, no hesitation, no waffling, “Hi, I’m Aidan! Do you want to play with me?” It’s not really much of a question actually. The way he delivers it, is like “Of course you want to play with me. But I’m asking because it’s the polite thing to do.” He’s that way all the time. He has zero anxiety about meeting new people. What’s going to happen? They say no? He didn’t know them anyway, what does he care.…

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