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Being Highly Sensitive IS Normal
First things first: highly sensitive is normal. Ever told someone that your child is highly sensitive only to be met with a blank stare? Or worse still, to be given a sceptical ‘yeah…
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Round Hole, Square Peg: The impact of society’s expectations on highly sensitive boys
Highly sensitive boys that grow into highly sensitive men who live their lives based on their unique strengths. Highly sensitive boys who become men who are proud of who they are, led by…
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Dear Society, Let Our Sensitive Boys Become Sensitive Men
Highly sensitive men probably have a tougher time of it than highly sensitive females. I may be biased as I am raising three boys but it seems to me that many traits we associate with…
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If Ever There Was a Time to Make a Difference, It’s Now
The blog post I had planned for last week seemed suddenly inappropriate and irrelevant, overshadowed by events. It was a week that shook many of us to the core, even those of us that do not…
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Happy 2nd Birthday Happy Sensitive Kids!
The Happy Sensitive Kids blog is two years old today – I know because a Facebook memory popped up in my timeline. I thought maybe a celebration of two years of this blog…
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How to Help a Highly Sensitive Child Cope with the World Around Them
Why do we need to talk about coping skills for a highly sensitive child? Because the world around us is busy. And it’s only getting busier and noisier. Given that highly sensitive people…
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Should Parents Protect Highly Sensitive Children From World News?
Another great discussion in the Happy Sensitive Kids community: this time about news lessons in schools. News lessons often have an emotional impact on (highly sensitive) children, the aftermath of which parents clear…
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5 Ways Parenting Abroad Impacts a Highly Sensitive Child
Parenting abroad adds a whole new dimension to parenting a highly sensitive child (HSC). I know I’m certainly not the only one parenting in a country they were not born in (there are…
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Can You Spot a Highly Sensitive Politician?
Highly sensitive people and politics. Such a thing as a highly sensitive politician? It’s an unlikely blog post isn’t it? But I felt compelled to sit behind my computer after reading a thread in…