How I Learned My Son is a Highly Sensitive Child
Six years ago I discovered my eldest son is a highly sensitive child (HSC) and in the years since our family has been on journey of discovery. After a traumatic entry to the…
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Embrace Highly Sensitive Person Traits and Start a New Chapter
Understanding your highly sensitive person traits, learning to love them, and embracing them is key to being a happy sensitive person. Many highly sensitive people have at some point in…
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6 Things Highly Sensitive Children (and Their Parents) Can Learn from the Movie Inside Out
We went last week as a family to see Disney Pixar’s Inside Out. The chatter about the movie has been immense so for the first time in almost forever I…
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Do Highly Sensitive Parents Have More Reliable Parenting Instincts?
Do highly sensitive parents have more reliable parenting instincts than other parents? don’t have the answer to that question, but it is something I pondered whilst writing a debate article…
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Book Review: Angel Violet’s Magic Wings
Bonnie Snyde is the writer of Angel Violet’s Magic Wings and Alissa Shouts the illustrator. Snyde wrote the book with highly sensitive children aged 4 to 8 in mind. The…
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Changing the Notion that Big Boys Don’t Cry, One Little Boy at a Time
I watched a young boy on the school playground with his father, tears streaming down his little face, uncontrollably weeping about something his father considered trivial. Instead of offering comfort,…
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10 Things You Need to Know About Being Highly Sensitive
So what is a highly sensitive trait? To a non-highly sensitive person a highly sensitive person can be a bit of an enigma. And why does understanding those highly sensitive traits…
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Book Review: “Pixie’s New Home” for Children Moving House
In the Happy Sensitive Kid community someone recently asked if anyone could recommend a book to help children process the idea of moving home. And then Pixie’s New Home fell into my…
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20 Ways to Survive Parenting As a Highly Sensitive Person
Highly sensitive parents need down time. It’s not a luxury. It’s an essential, in the same way you need lunch and plenty to drink during the day. If you want…
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10 Things Parents of a Highly Sensitive Child Don’t Need to Hear
Understanding highly sensitive and the implications for your child and family is paramount. Gaining that understanding from those around you isn’t always easy. Part and parcel of being a parent…
