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In this guest post, Michael Vallejo, a licensed clinical social worker with a private therapy practice, looks at how you can avoid burnout as a highly sensitive parent. Over to Michael….. Parenting is a deeply rewarding journey. However, for a highly sensitive person (HSPs), it can also be emotionally and physically exhausting. As an HSP,…
Being a highly sensitive child, or parent, can sometimes feel like a challenge. The world can seem louder, brighter, and more intense than it does for others. But what if you could see this sensitivity not as something to be fixed, but as a beautiful gift to cherish? We can rewrite the script on sensitivity….
In 2025, the world continues to be an overstimulating, fast-paced environment—full of constant noise, digital distractions, and societal pressures. For highly sensitive children (HSCs), this can feel overwhelming. As parents, caregivers, or educators, we can provide the steady, loving support that allows them to thrive, showing them how to embrace their sensitivity as a gift,…
The Happy Sensitive Kids (HSK) community is a wonderful group of parents and teachers who are raising and educating highly sensitive children. HSK is always looking for ways to help and support parents and teachers alike. This blog is full of advice, not just from my own personal experience (my sons are now 13, 15…
I hope you have all had a wonderful, restful festive period. Now Christmas is behind us, it’s time to turn to the new year ahead of us. It’s certainly one that, for many, holds uncertainty. However, we can all narrow the focus onto ourselves and our family to be the best we can be. And…
A child can be ‘simply’ highly sensitive, but it is also possible to be highly sensitive and have a disorder. It can also be that your child ticks all the boxes on a checklist for highly sensitive people, but a disorder actually explains the traits. The message is therefore, be aware of potential disorders and…
🎉 10 Years of Nurturing Sensitivity 🎉 Wow, what a journey it has been! Today marks a significant milestone for Happy Sensitive Kids as we celebrate ten years of supporting and empowering sensitive children and their families. It feels like just yesterday when I launched this blog with a vision to create a welcoming space…
The most popular post on the Happy Sensitive Kids blog is hands down The Highly Sensitive Child Test: The Earlier the Better. Logical, because once a parent suspects their child may be highly sensitive, the next step is to get confirmation – as far as it is possible to do so. And Elaine Aron’s test is…
There are many traits that distinguish a highly sensitive person (HSP), and this applies to children too. Traits can be physical, social, spiritual and cognitive. This post is about the latter. Understanding which cognitive traits are likely to be associated with highly sensitives, and in particular, highly sensitive children (HSCs) will help you to support…