Inborn Personality Traits Related to Eye Color in Children Younger Than 9

Implications in Social Interaction

When raising your children, you may notice no two children are the same. Even with twins, there are often significant differences in personality. As a parent, it can often to be quite entertaining to watch how these personalities interact and connect with one another.

Have you ever noticed that your brown eyed child may differ, vastly, in personality than your blue eyed child? For many years, there has been speculation that eye color may play some role into the insight into a developing personality. While there are some obvious situations in which eye color is not varied, generally based on race or ethnicity, in some children, the eye color may provide a key insight into the personality development.

The peak area of interest, in terms of eye color and personality development, seems to lie in the child development prior to age nine. In fact, school teachers are even reporting that within the classroom, blue eyed children tend to be more withdrawn when compared to their peers but often overcome this withdrawn personality trait around second grade.

If your children are young, and you believe there may be some significance to the belief that eye color plays a role in the inborn personality development of your child, you may want to consider some supportive roles in the home environment. Since, traditionally, blue eyed children are believed to be more withdrawn in early child development, encourage your blue eyed child to engage in more social activities.

Social activities prior to grade school are important to all children. For children who may show some varying personality types, even when not associated with eye color, social interaction is important to expose your child to varying personalities in other families. Engaging in activities at church, the local library and even in parks is often a great way to promote social interaction and to prevent some of the tendencies for personality withdrawal.