I fully approve of your goal, but don't push too hard on it. I was a rather pigheaded kid, and would always push back against my parent's efforts to be more gr

I fully approve of your goal, but don't push too hard on it. I was a rather pigheaded kid, and would always push back against my parent's efforts to be more gregarious. (Because of this, I grew up very aloof and am now regretting it in middle age.)