The How
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10 Ways to Make Halloween Enjoyable for Highly Sensitive Children
Halloween can be an exciting and fun holiday for many children, but for highly sensitive children, it can present some challenges. Highly sensitive children often have heightened emotional and sensory experiences, and Halloween…
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7 Sure Fire Ways to Relax Highly Sensitive Children During Summer Break
Summer break means that highly sensitive children may require extra care and attention when it comes to relaxation. This is largely because their normal routines are disrupted. Here are 7 sure fire ways…
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8 Ways to Connect to Your Child When Their Bucket is Full
A highly sensitive child (HSC) is quickly overwhelmed by every day environments. Their emotions are often strong and can take them and you by surprise. Once your child’s bucket is full it can…
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Why Highly Sensitive Children Have Difficulty Making Decisions
Highly sensitive children have difficulty making decisions. Their capacity for deep thinking means they weigh up the pros and cons of every decision carefully. Deep Thinkers Highly sensitives are deep thinkers and deep…
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There’s Nothing Wrong With Wanting Alone Time
Alone time and highly sensitive people go together like fish and chips (or peanut butter and jelly, if that's how you roll). But getting the acceptance that alone time for a highly sensitive…
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Parenting a Highly Sensitive Child? Get One of These!
My crock pot is one of the best things I have ever bought. And I am saying that with my ‘mother of highly sensitive children’ hat on. Really. Bear with me. It totally…
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How to Help a Highly Sensitive Child Back to School After Summer Break
Is your highly sensitive child (HSC) showing little enthusiasm for their return to school after the summer break?
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Why a Highly Sensitive Child Struggles with Summer Break & How to Help
Summer break is just around the corner. And for your highly sensitive child (HSC) summer break may have a surprisingly negative impact. The end of the school year is drawing to a close.…
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Look After Yourself: Try Yoga
Last week I raced towards a dip. It was the second week of schooling at home, all five of us home 24/7. I am also still trying to shake some bug or another.…
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A Child’s Journal is a Surprisingly Powerful Tool
A child’s journal is a fantastic bucket emptier and therefore a fabulous activity for a highly sensitive child. Getting thoughts, ideas, stories and experiences on paper is a great way to help children calm…