One of the challenges of being a parent is that you are never quite sure what is considered “normal" behaviour for a child. As far as my wife and I knew, our daughter Camille, who was born in early 2009, was hitting all her milestones: she slept and ate well and at 15 months had 10 to 12 intelligible words.
It is only with hindsight that we recognise her seemingly reserved nature was more than a personality trait.
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David Bassanese is chief economist at BetaShares Exchange Traded Funds. He writes on markets specialising in debt, derivatives and monetary policy. He worked at the federal Treasury, OECD and Macquarie Bank. Connect with David on Twitter.
