Prime Day Picks for Highly Sensitive Kids
Prime Big Deal Days are here! I’ve picked out a few Amazon deals that could be particularly useful for families with highly sensitive children – from helping with noise and…
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Why Downtime for Highly Sensitive Children Matters So Much
If you ask most parents how their week looks, the answer is often the same. School. Sports. Music lessons. Birthday parties. Playdates. Homework. Family commitments. Somewhere in between, we’re expected…
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Growing Up Sensitive: Why Self-Love Matters More Than Anything
If you’ve ever watched your child’s heart break over something small, like a misconstrued comment, a noisy gym hall, a scraped knee that won’t stop hurting, you know that being…
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How Families Can Build Simple Self-Care Habits for Lasting Wellness
Self-care is something featured on this blog time and time again, but today’s guest post, written by Catherine Workman, approaches the topic from a different angle, namely family self-care. Catherine…
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The Simple Tool That Helps Highly Sensitive Kids Handle Big Emotions
If you’re raising a highly sensitive child (HSC), you already know this – your child feels everything deeply. The scratchy label in their shirt.The tone of your voice. Whether intentional or not.The…
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Quiet Strength: Celebrating Highly Sensitive Introverts on World Introvert Day
Around 70% of highly sensitive people are also introverts. And today, World Introvert Day, provides a platform to appreciate and share understanding about what an introvert is and needs. Understanding…
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What the Science Is Confirming About HSPs (including Kids)
If you’re raising a highly sensitive child (HSC), you probably don’t need a research paper to tell you that your child feels things deeply. You see it when a small disappointment…
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How to Help Sensitive Children Overcome the Stigma of Being Different
I am delighted to share a guest post written by psychiatrist and author Judith Orloff, adapted from The Highly Sensitive Rabbit by Judith Orloff, MD and Jennifer Adams. Many sensitive children grow…
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How to Make a Calm Down Kit to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child
Each of my sons had a calm down kit in their bedroom when they were younger, or a bucket box as we called it. Each calm down kit was full…
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The Highly Sensitive Rabbit – A Tale for Young Highly Sensitives
It’s not often that I come across a children’s book that so beautifully captures the inner world of a highly sensitive, but The Highly Sensitive Rabbit does just that. Written…
