Your Child’s Sensitivity Is a Superpower
Top 4 Tips from Kathleen Friend, MD — Author of The Greatness Chair book series on how to nurture your child’s sensitivity
I’ve been struggling a lot with being gentle with my three boys, especially when they’re expressing their intensity while screaming, fighting, or even laughing out loud. My impulse was to amplify their rage or channel my mother’s disapproval of them being too loud. This is why I love looking for tips on how highly sensitive and empathic parents can manage their sensitivity while honoring their children’s sensitivity.
This article is my exploration into this struggle that was first described in my article published in The Ascent publication a few months ago:
“Most of us grew up with the conditioned belief that our high sensitivity is simply too much to handle. We might be crying over the littlest things and be made to feel guilty for our tears. We might refuse to stay in daycare because there are way too many people in it, but we were told to just bear with it just like every other normal kid. And as we become parents who feel our kids’ reactions even more intensely, it becomes much easier to show impatience and anger rather than being gentle and kind with them.” ~Bingz Huang, Your Sensitivity Is a Superpower
