Understanding the Sensitive Child

Sensitive kids are everywhere. Their numbers are estimated to be between 15 to 20% of children in a North American context, but they are often…

The Gifts of Sensitivity

Sensitive kids are known for being more intense and stirred up by their environment. Sensory overload is common with some sounds being too loud, smells…

What Sensitive Kids Would like You to Know About Them

“She is so dramatic and everything seems like a big deal,” said a baffled father of a 6-year old girl named Samantha. The mother tells…

The One Thing Every Kid Needs in their School Backpack

A friend told me her son couldn’t understand why a young child he knew had such a hard time being away from his mother while…

Why Attachment Can Be Challenging With Sensitive Kids

In the Hans Christian Anderson’s fable, The Princess and the Pea, the sleeping princess is so sensitive that “she felt the pea through the twenty…

The Trouble with Time-outs

The Trouble with Time-Outs Time outs have become a popular disciplinary practice, aimed at replacing spanking and broadly supported by health and parenting professionals. Like…

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – The Role of Tears in Cultivating Resiliency

There seems to be a lack of cultural wisdom as to the significance of tears in bringing a child to rest from the things they…

“I don’t want to talk about it!” Leading a Sensitive Child into Vulnerable Territory

One of the key challenges faced by parents raising a sensitive child is leading them into vulnerable territory. They may try to avert attention away…

Info graphic: When Saying Goodnight is Hard – 20 Ways to Bridge the Nighttime Distance

Saying goodnight is hard for many kids because it usually represents the biggest separation from their adults. One of the strategies for helping with bedtime…

Hardened or Hardy? Holding Onto Kid’s Hearts

Psychologist Gordon Neufeld states there is a difference between a hardened heart, which does not feel vulnerable emotion, and one that is hardy and feels…